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People v. Ghobrial
Citation: Not availableDocket: S105908M
Court: California Supreme Court; August 9, 2018; California; State Supreme Court
Original Court Document: View Document
The Supreme Court of California issued an order modifying the opinion filed on June 21, 2018, in the case of The People v. John Samuel Ghobrial, which concerns an appeal from Orange County Court (Super. Ct. No. 98NF0906). Key modifications include: 1. A revision to a sentence on page 290 clarifying that the prosecutor did not imply any comparison between Ghobrial's crime and the September 11 attacks or suggest his culpability was linked to terrorists or their backgrounds. The revised sentence emphasizes that the prosecutor’s references were not directed at Ghobrial but were intended to illustrate broader legal principles regarding mental illness and criminal liability. 2. Another sentence on the same page was modified to remove the phrase "at all," and it now specifies that the prosecutor’s arguments were centered on the legal point that mental illness does not necessarily negate criminal liability. 3. The court emphasized that Ghobrial's claims of prosecutorial misconduct lacked merit, comparing his case to prior rulings where similar references were deemed non-prejudicial. The modifications do not alter the final judgment of the case, and Ghobrial’s petition for rehearing has been denied.