PEOPLE v. KELLUM

Docket No. Crim. 13271.

71 Cal.2d 352 (1969)

455 P.2d 429

78 Cal. Rptr. 501

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WENDELL KELLUM, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 18, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd B. Egenes, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Robert R. Granucci and Michael Buzzell, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


TRAYNOR, C.J.

In 1963 a jury found defendant guilty of one count of assault with intent to commit rape (Pen. Code, § 220) and one count of forcible rape (Pen. Code, § 261, subd. 4). Before sentencing, the court adjourned the criminal proceedings and instituted sexual psychopathy1 proceedings. (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 5500 et seq.) Pursuant to such proceedings, defendant was committed...

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