ODLE v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 24362.

32 Cal.3d 932 (1982)

654 P.2d 225

187 Cal. Rptr. 455

JAMES RICHARD ODLE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

December 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

William E. Gagen, Jr., Merrill, Thiessen & Gagen and William T. Lowe for Petitioner.

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, William D. Stein, Assistant Attorney General, W. Eric Collins and John B. Moy, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

KAUS, J.

I

An information charges James Richard Odle with two counts of murder (Pen. Code, § 187), four counts of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer (Pen. Code, § 245, subd. (b)), three counts of auto theft (Veh. Code, § 10851), and counts of kidnaping (Pen. Code, § 207) and possession of a firearm by a felon (Pen. Code, § 12021). Special circumstances are alleged in connection...

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