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PEOPLE v. FEAGLEY

Docket No. Crim. 16818.

14 Cal.3d 338 (1975)

535 P.2d 373

121 Cal. Rptr. 509

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHESTER C. FEAGLEY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 15, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Stephen L. Katz, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Alfonso J. Moresi for Defendant and Appellant. Jerome B. Falk, Jr., Charles C. Marson, William Higham and Rose Elizabeth Bird as Amici Curiae on behalf of 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, Edward P. O'Brien, W. Eric Collins and Joyce F. Nedde, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

In In re Lynch (1972) 8 Cal.3d 410 [105 Cal.Rptr. 217, 503 P.2d 921], we held that the cruel or unusual punishment clause of the California Constitution prohibits the state from confining a nonviolent sexual offender in prison for a wholly indeterminate period which may extend to the end of his...

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