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PEOPLE v. COWSAR

Docket No. 12283.

40 Cal.App.3d 578 (1974)

115 Cal. Rptr. 160

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHRISTOPHER BRIAN COWSAR, Defendant and Appellant.

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

July 10, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James C. Hooley, Public Defender, and Michael G. Millman, Assistant Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, Gloria DeHart and Ina Gyemant, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

BROWN (H.C.), J.

Appellant was charged with murder (Pen. Code, § 187) on May 18, 1971. The criminal proceedings were suspended on June 17, 1971, on the court's own motion and proceedings under Penal Code section 1368 were instituted for a determination of appellant's sanity. On November 1, 1971, the court found appellant to be insane and committed him to the Atascadero State Hospital. On April 18, 1973, the court found...

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