PEOPLE v. POMPA-ORTIZ

Docket No. Crim. 21327.

27 Cal.3d 519 (1980)

612 P.2d 941

165 Cal. Rptr. 851

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RAMON POMPA-ORTIZ, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Enrique M. Ramirez and Ramirez & Valenzuela for Defendant and Appellant.

Wilbur F. Littlefield, Public Defender (Los Angeles), Dennis A. Fischer, Deputy Public Defender, David J. Byers, Sullivan, Jones & Archer, Margaret C. Crosby, Alan L. Schlosser, Amitai Schwartz and Fred Okrand as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, S. Clark Moore, Assistant Attorney General, James H. Kline and Beverly K. Falk, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

MANUEL, J.

Defendant Ramon Pompa-Ortiz appeals from a judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of rape by force or violence (Pen. Code, § 261, subd. 2). We must decide whether defendant has a constitutional or statutory right to a public preliminary examination and, if so, whether denial of the right compels reversal of the ensuing conviction. We conclude...

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