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PEOPLE v. SOLTERO

Docket No. 30246.

81 Cal.App.3d 423 (1978)

146 Cal. Rptr. 457

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. FRANK KIKO SOLTERO, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

May 17, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Paul Halvonik and Quin Denvir, State Public Defenders, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Charles M. Sevilla, Chief Assistant State Public Defender, Kent L. Richland and Edward H. Schulman, Deputy State Public Defenders, 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 Michael Nash, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

FLEMING, Acting P.J.

Defendant Frank Kiko Soltero appeals his conviction by a jury of first degree murder of Patricia Delgado (Pen. Code, § 187). An instruction on murder by torture was given.

At 9 a.m. on 4 July 1975 a neighbor discovered Patricia Delgado's body in her own apartment. The coroner's autopsy revealed three stab wounds on her thumb; a superficial stab...

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