People v. Nitschmann

On October 5, 1993, a jury convicted appellant Sally Ann Whitham of murdering 11-year-old Denise Z. by the administration of poison. (Pen. Code, § 187, subd. (a); 190.2, subd. (a)(19).) Whitham was also convicted of holding Denise and her sister, Crystal Z., in involuntary servitude (§ 181) and of physically and sexually abusing both girls (§ 273a, subd. (1) [now § 273a, former subd. (a)]; 273d; 288, subd. (a); 288.5; 289, subd. (a)).