PEOPLE v. GOTTMAN

Docket No. 15137.

64 Cal.App.3d 775 (1976)

134 Cal. Rptr. 834

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RAY COATES GOTTMAN, Defendant and Appellant.

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

December 10, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Ray Coates Gottman, in pro. per., and John M. Hanley, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Granucci and Ronald E. Niver, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

ELKINGTON, J.

We granted a rehearing following our initial opinion on this appeal, in order to give further consideration to the Attorney General's insistence that the opinion constituted "a triumph of illogic over justice." The issue raised in the petition concerns the role of a jury in the administration of criminal justice.

Defendant Gottman was charged with (1) "rape by threat of great bodily harm," a violation...

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