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PEOPLE v. PODDAR

Docket No. Crim. 16502.

10 Cal.3d 750 (1974)

518 P.2d 342

111 Cal. Rptr. 910

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. PROSENJIT PODDAR, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 7, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Franklin Brockway Gowdy, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

James C. Hooley, Public Defender (Alameda), and Gary M. Sirbu, Assistant Public Defender, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Edward A. Hinz, Jr., Chief Assistant Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Granucci and Karl J. Uebel, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

WRIGHT, C.J.

Defendant was charged by information with the murder of Tatiana (Tanya) Tarasoff. (Pen. Code, § 187.) He pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. A jury returned a verdict of guilty of second degree murder and found defendant sane at the time of the commission of the crime. He was sentenced to state prison for the term prescribed by law.

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