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PEOPLE v. BURNICK

Docket No. Crim. 16554.

14 Cal.3d 306 (1975)

535 P.2d 352

121 Cal. Rptr. 488

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHARLES R. BURNICK, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 15, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Barry David Kohn for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Edward A. Hinz, Jr., and Herbert L. Ashby, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, William R. Pounders and Joel S. Moskowitz, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

Professor Wigmore perceptively observes that "The mental condition of one whose mind is so deranged as to require imprisonment for his own and others' good is indeed pitiable. But the mental attitude of one who is falsely found insane and relegated to life imprisonment is beyond conception. No greater cruelty can be committed in the name of the law." (5 Wigmore on Evidence...

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