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PEOPLE v. JACKSON

Docket No. 43810.

152 Cal.App.3d 961 (1984)

199 Cal. Rptr. 848

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ARTHUR RICHARD JACKSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Three.

March 8, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Ralph H. Goldsen and Tom Stanley, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, William R. Weisman and Frederick Grab, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]

OPINION

LUI, J.

The major question in this appeal requires us to determine whether the legislative provisions set forth in Penal Code sections 28 and 29, which limit the scope of psychiatric testimony and abolish the defense of diminished capacity,1 deprived appellant of a fair trial. We hold that these provisions are constitutional...

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