People?v.?Sully?(1991)?53?Cal.3d?1195?,?283?Cal.Rptr.?144;?812?P.2d?163 [No.?S004721. Jul?11,?1991.] THE?PEOPLE,?Plaintiff?and?Respondent,?v.?ANTHONY?JOHN?SULLY,?Defendant?and?Appellant. (Superior?Court?of?San?Mateo?County,?No.?C-14026,?Gerald?E.?Ragan,?Judge.) (Opinion?by?Lucas,?C.?J.,?with?Broussard,?Panelli,?Kennard,?Arabian?and?Baxter,?JJ.,?concurring.?Separate?concurring?opinion?by?Mosk,?J.,?concurring?in?the?judgment.) COUNSEL Courtney?Shevelson,?under?appointment?by?the?Supreme?Court,?and?Renee?L.?Berenson?for?Defendant?and?Appellant. John?K.?Van?de?Kamp?and?Daniel?E.?Lungren,?Attorneys?General,?Richard?B.?Iglehart,?Chief?Assistant?Attorney?General,?John?H.?Sugiyama,?Assistant?Attorney?General,?Morris?Beatus?and?Herbert?F.?Wilkinson,?Deputy?Attorneys?General,?for?Plaintiff?and?Respondent. OPINION LUCAS,?C.?J. Defendant?appeals?from?his?capital?sentence?following?conviction?of?six?counts?of?first?degree?murder?(Pen.?Code,???187;?all?statutory?references?are?to?this?code?unless?otherwise?stated)?with?a?special?circumstance?of?multiple?murder?(??190.2,?subd.?(a)(3)).?Finding?no?reversible?error,?we?affirm?the?conviction?and?sentence. Facts?and?Proceedings Summary Defendant?killed?five?women?and?one?man?in?bizarre?episodes?involving?prostitution?and?cocaine?use.?Although?he?denied?committing?any?of?the?murders,?extensive?circumstantial?and?physical?evidence,?as?well?as?accomplice?testimony,?supported?his?conviction?on?each?count.?At?the?penalty?phase,?the?prosecution?presented?evidence?of?defendant's?threats?to?kill?his?estranged?wife?and?her?daughter.?Rejecting?defendant's?testimony?(which?denied?all?charges),?the?jury?convicted?him?on?all?counts,?made?the?requested?multiple-murder?special-circumstance?finding,?and?fixed?the?penalty?at?death. The?Guilt?Phase Defendant?served?for?nearly?eight?years?as?a?police?officer?for?the?City?of?Millbrae,?where?he?was?trained?in?fingerprint?detection?and?other?law?enforcement?techniques.?On?leaving?police?service,?he?established?a?successful?electrical?contracting?business,?eventually?located?in?a?warehouse?in?Burlingame.?He?converted?the?front?of?the?warehouse?to?his?personal?residence.?Before?the?crimes?at?issue?here,?defendant?invested?several?thousand?dollars?as?a?coventurer?in?an?"escort?service"?and?regularly?used?prostitutes'?[53?Cal.3d?1211]?services.?He?freebased?cocaine?and?had?sex?with?prostitutes?at?the?warehouse,?subjecting?the?prostitutes?to?rape,?beatings,?and?other?forms?of?violence. Gloria?Fravel Defendant?met?Tina?Livingston?in?1982?when?she?was?a?partner?in?an?escort?service.?Gloria?Fravel?worked?as?a?prostitute?for?Tina?Livingston.?She?also?owed?Livingston?$500,?having?incurred?charges?in?that?amount?on?Livingston's?credit?card.?Fravel?was?picked?up?by?Livingston?and?Angel?Burns,?another?prostitute,?in?San?Francisco?on?a?Friday?afternoon?and?transported?to?defendant's?warehouse,?ostensibly?to?obtain?some?camping?equipment?from?defendant.?When?the?three?arrived?at?the?warehouse,?defendant?asked?Fravel?for?a?date.?When?she?declined,?he?slapped?her?across?the?face?and?directed?her?to?go?to?the?back?of?the?warehouse. Defendant?kept?Fravel?in?the?back?of?the?warehouse?during?the?weekend,?while?Burns?and?Livingston?remained?out?front.?He?gagged?and?handcuffed?her?and?suspended?her?from?the?ceiling.?He?assured?Livingston?that?Fravel?would?repay?the?amount?she?owed.?After?having?sex?with?Fravel,?defendant?allowed?her?to?dress,?telling?her?she?would?be?permitted?to?go?home.?He?later?revoked?the?permission?and?gagged?and?bound?Fravel,?placing?her?on?the?bed.…