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PEOPLE v. SADDLER

Docket No. Crim. 20657.

24 Cal.3d 671 (1979)

597 P.2d 130

156 Cal. Rptr. 871

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WINFRED SADDLER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 25, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

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

Evelle J. Younger and George Deukmejian, Attorneys General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Daniel J. Kremer, Assistant Attorney General, Michael D. Wellington and Jesus Rodriguez, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

MANUEL, J.

Defendant Winfred Saddler appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of robbery in the first degree (Pen. Code, § 211).1 He contends that the trial court committed prejudicial error in instructing the jury that it could draw adverse inferences from his failure to explain or deny evidence against him. We hold that...

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