PEOPLE v. GUERRERO

Docket No. Crim. 18942.

16 Cal.3d 719 (1976)

548 P.2d 366

129 Cal. Rptr. 166

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RICHARD CHARLES GUERRERO, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 20, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

David L. Armen, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, S. Clark Moore, Assistant Attorney General, Edward T. Fogel, Jr., and Nancy A. Saggese, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

Defendant Richard Charles Guerrero, appealing from a judgment of conviction of first degree murder, attacks the admission of testimony concerning his commission of an uncharged rape occurring on an earlier occasion and involving a different victim.

Defendant was accused of murdering Roberta Santana, a 17-year-old girl. The trial court, after a lengthy hearing on the issue, decided that the testimony of Irene...

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