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PEOPLE v. CHADD

Docket No. Crim. 21024.

28 Cal.3d 739 (1981)

621 P.2d 837

170 Cal. Rptr. 798

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BILLY LEE CHADD, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

January 19, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Charles M. Sevilla, Chief Deputy State Public Defender, Elaine A. Alexander, Chief Assistant State Public Defender, Donald L.A. Kerson, Deputy State Public Defender, Harold F. Tyvoll and Charles R. Khoury for Defendant and Appellant.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Daniel J. Kremer, Assistant Attorney General, Harley D. Mayfield, Richard D. Garske and Patricia D. Benke, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

Defendant Billy Lee Chadd appeals from a judgment imposing a sentence of death following his plea of guilty to a charge of first degree murder. (1a) As will appear, we hold that the trial court committed prejudicial error in accepting that plea without the consent of defendant's counsel as required by Penal Code section 1018. Because of the limited nature of...

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