THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
EMMETTE DIZE MITCHELL, Defendant and Appellant.
Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
May 28, 1982.
May 28, 1982.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
COUNSEL
Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, and Jeffrey J. Stuetz, Deputy State Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.
George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Daniel J. Kremer, Assistant Attorney General, Jay M. Bloom and Luis R. Vargas, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.
OPINION
WORK, J.
Emmette Dize Mitchell appeals his conviction for murdering his four-year-old nephew (Pen. Code, § 187)1 on multiple grounds: (1) Withdrawing life support systems from the allegedly "brain dead" victim without providing Mitchell a judicial hearing to first determine whether death had already occurred, denied due process of law and assistance of counsel; by "pulling the plug" the state...
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