PEOPLE v. POSTEN

Docket No. 19762.

108 Cal.App.3d 633 (1980)

166 Cal. Rptr. 661

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES HOWELL POSTEN, Defendant and Appellant.

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

July 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert F. Kane, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, Ronald E. Niver and Martin S. Kaye, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

POCHE, J.

The appellant in this case was convicted by a jury of kidnap with intent to commit robbery and robbery, three counts of false imprisonment, and the unlawful driving and taking of a vehicle. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnaping with intent to commit robbery, sentencing on the other counts to run concurrently.

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