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GOODMAN v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 44354.

84 Cal.App.3d 621 (1978)

148 Cal. Rptr. 799

NUMA GOODMAN, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

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

September 7, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James C. Hooley, Public Defender, and Harold G. Friedman, Assistant Public Defender, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, and Robert R. Granucci, Deputy Attorney General, for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

NEWSOM, J.

(1a) This case presents the question of whether the intentional disfigurement of a person's face permits prosecution for the statutory crime of mayhem. It arises under the following circumstances, extracted from the preliminary transcript and presumed to be true for the purpose of resolving the legal issue before us.

Petitioner Numa Goodman had lived with the victim, Ms. Belcher, for about five...

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