PEOPLE v. ZATKO

Docket No. 15224.

80 Cal.App.3d 534 (1978)

145 Cal. Rptr. 643

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. VLADIMIR ALEXANDER ZATKO, Defendant and Appellant.

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

April 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Paul N. Halvonik, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Clifton R. Jeffers, Chief Assistant State Public Defender, Peter R. Silten and Harriet R. Wiss, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, Clifford K. Thompson, Jr., Derald E. Granberg and Laurence M. May, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

WHITE, J.*

This is an appeal by defendant Vladimir Zatko from a judgment convicting him of violating section 4500 of the Penal Code, in that while serving a life sentence in state prison, he, with malice aforethought, assaulted a person who was not an inmate with a deadly weapon or instrument.

ISSUES PRESENTED

1. Did the trial court fail to determine if defendant was competent...

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