PEOPLE v. THORNTON

Docket No. Crim. 12099.

11 Cal.3d 738 (1974)

523 P.2d 267

114 Cal. Rptr. 467

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ROBERT EMMETT THORNTON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 21, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Morris Lavine and James E. Patterson for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch and Evelle J. Younger, Attorneys General, Phillip C. Griffin and Norman H. Sokolow, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

SULLIVAN, J.

Defendant Robert Emmett Thornton was charged by information with two counts of kidnaping for the purpose of robbery (Pen. Code, § 209),1 one count of simple kidnaping (§ 207), two counts of robbery (§ 211), four counts of rape (§ 261), two counts of sex perversion (§ 288a), and one count of sodomy (§ 286). His motion under section 995 was granted as to...

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