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PEOPLE v. THOMPKINS

Docket No. D004823.

195 Cal.App.3d 244 (1987)

240 Cal. Rptr. 516

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RUFUS THOMPKINS, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

September 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard P. Siref, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Frederick R. Millar, Jr., and Yvonne H. Behart, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

[Opinion certified for partial publication.1]

OPINION

WIENER, Acting P.J.

In this appeal from a judgment of conviction on charges of first degree murder, attempted murder and burglary, we consider the effect of a trial judge's response to inquiries from the jury regarding the defendant's heat-of-passion defense, the central issue in the case, after...

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