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PEOPLE v. JONES

Docket No. S010191.

51 Cal.3d 294 (1990)

792 P.2d 643

270 Cal. Rptr. 611

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MARK E. JONES, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

June 28, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Gerald T. Blank for Defendant and Appellant.

Robert Sheridan, Cynthia A. Thomas and Richard Power as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White and Richard B. Iglehart, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Harley D. Mayfield, Assistant Attorney General, Michael D. Wellington, Louis R. Hanoian, Frederick R. Millar, Jr., and Lilia E. Garcia, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Michael D. Bradbury, District Attorney (Ventura), and Vincent J. O'Neill, Jr., Chief Deputy District Attorney, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

LUCAS, C.J. —

I. INTRODUCTION

In this child molestation case, we are presented with difficult questions regarding the extent to which the defendant's due process rights are implicated by the inability of his young accuser to give specific details regarding the time, place and circumstances of various alleged assaults. Frequently, as here, these cases involve the so-called "resident child molester" (see

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