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PEOPLE v. MROCZKO

Docket No. Crim. 21159.

35 Cal.3d 86 (1983)

672 P.2d 835

197 Cal. Rptr. 52

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RICHARD JOHN MROCZKO, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

December 8, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Sanford Jay Rosen, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Kathleen J. Purcell, Rosen & Remcho and Barbara Phillips for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp and George Deukmejian, Attorneys General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Arnold O. Overoye, Assistant Attorney General, Nancy Sweet and Vincent J. Scally, Jr., Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

KAUS, J.

On May 22, 1978, Jay Love, an inmate at the California Men's Colony (CMC) was found dead in his cell, asphyxiated by a metal coat hanger wrapped around his neck. Four months later, Richard Mroczko and Thomas Brindle, fellow inmates, were charged with Love's murder. After a six-week trial in the San Luis Obispo County Superior Court, during which Brindle and Mroczko were represented...

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