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PEOPLE v. RIZER

Docket No. Crim. 15047.

5 Cal.3d 35 (1971)

484 P.2d 1367

95 Cal. Rptr. 23

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. KLAUS RIZER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 27, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Albert D. Silverman, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch and Evelle J. Younger, Attorneys General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Jane C. Liebman, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

On July 30, 1969, defendant pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to a charge of issuing a check without sufficient funds (Pen. Code, § 476a) and in a separate case he entered the same plea to a charge of assault with a caustic chemical (Pen. Code, § 244). As provided in section 1016 of the Penal Code, a defendant who pleads not guilty by reason of insanity, without also pleading not guilty, thereby admits...

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