PEOPLE v. RHODES

No. A102776.

24 Cal.Rptr.3d 834 (2005)

126 Cal.App.4th 1374

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Chad RHODES, Defendant and Appellant.

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

Review Denied June 8, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Zwerling, Richard Such, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Gerald A. Engler, Assistant Attorneys General, Catherine A. Rivlin, Allen R. Crown, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


SWAGER, J.

We conclude in this appeal that the sentence imposed upon defendant of life in prison without the possibility of parole for the second degree murder of a peace officer in the performance of his duties does not offend equal protection principles or constitute cruel and unusual punishment. We therefore affirm the judgment.

STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Defendant was charged in count one with murder (Pen.Code, § 187),

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