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PEOPLE v. ORTIZ

Docket No. 33322.

95 Cal.App.3d 926 (1979)

157 Cal. Rptr. 448

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOSE LOUIS ORTIZ, Defendant and Appellant.

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

August 9, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Charles M. Sevilla, Chief Assistant State Public Defender, Harold E. Shabo and Robert Scarlett, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, S. Clark Moore, Assistant Attorney General, Norman H. Sokolow and Howard J. Schwab, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

STEPHENS, J.

This appeal follows a conviction of voluntary manslaughter (a violation of Pen. Code, § 192). The claimed error is prosecutorial misconduct.

Defendant was charged with murder (a violation of Pen. Code, § 187). Trial was by jury and the verdict followed four days of deliberation.

A commitment of defendant was made to the Department of Corrections...

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