PEOPLE v. RUTHFORD

Docket No. Crim. 18431.

14 Cal.3d 399 (1975)

534 P.2d 1341

121 Cal. Rptr. 261

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ARCHIE THEODORE RUTHFORD, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 21, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard J. Stall, Jr., under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Don W. Goldstein for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, S. Clark Moore, Assistant Attorney General, William R. Pounders and Roger W. Boren, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

WRIGHT, C.J.

Defendant Archie Theodore Ruthford appeals from a judgment entered upon convictions by jury of two counts of armed robbery. (Pen. Code, § 211.) He contends that the prosecutor engaged in prejudicial misconduct by failing to disclose to defense counsel the principal motivation for the adverse testimony of a key prosecution witness and by forestalling defense counsel's awareness of such motivation through misrepresentations...

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