PEOPLE v. HOWARD

No. S108353.

23 Cal.Rptr.3d 306 (2005)

34 Cal.4th 1129

104 P.3d 107

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Evert Keith HOWARD, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

January 27, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Madeline McDowell, Sacramento, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jo Graves, Assistant Attorney General, W. Scott Thorpe, Janet E. Neeley, John G. McLean and Sharon E. Loughner, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


KENNARD, J.

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