PEOPLE v. DUKES

Docket No. 11000.

241 Cal.App.2d 488 (1966)

50 Cal. Rptr. 609

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHARLES WILLIAM DUKES, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

April 13, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Wolfe, under appointment by the District Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Albert W. Harris, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, and Lawrence R. Mansir, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


KAUS, J.

A jury convicted defendant of kidnaping (Pen. Code, § 207), probation was denied and he was sentenced to prison for the term prescribed by law. He appeals from the judgment.

Two contentions are advanced on appeal: 1. that the prosecutor committed prejudicial misconduct in asking certain questions of two witnesses called by defendant; and 2. that the court should have instructed the jury on assault and attempted kidnaping.

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