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PEOPLE v. WOODHEAD

Docket No. Crim. 25631.

43 Cal.3d 1002 (1987)

741 P.2d 154

239 Cal. Rptr. 656

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MICHAEL WOODHEAD, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

September 8, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Frank O. Bell, Jr., State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Linda Feldman and Michael Pescetta, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Martin S. Kaye, Thomas A. Brady and Laurence K. Sullivan, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

KAUFMAN, J.

In this case we must decide whether a statute which prohibits commitment to the Youth Authority of any person convicted of a serious felony when he or she was 18 years of age or older at the time of the offense, applies to defendant, who was previously convicted of a serious felony committed when he was 18, but who stands convicted of a nonserious felony in the instant proceeding. For the reasons set forth below...

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