PEOPLE v. TASSELL

Docket No. Crim. 22823.

36 Cal.3d 77 (1984)

679 P.2d 1

201 Cal. Rptr. 567

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DAVID TASSELL, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

April 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Philip D. McKibbin, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, Lisa Short and George L. Schraer, Deputy State Public Defenders, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

George Deukmejian and John K. Van de Kamp, Attorneys General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Arnold O. Overoye, Assistant Attorney General, Willard F. Jones, Roger E. Venturi and Anthony L. Dicce, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

KAUS, J.

After a jury trial, defendant David Tassell was convicted of kidnaping (Pen. Code, § 207), rape (Pen. Code, § 261, subds. (2), (3)), and forcible oral copulation (Pen. Code, § 288a). He appeals, contending that the trial court erred in two respects: (1) by admitting evidence of two earlier sex offenses; and (2) by using prior convictions twice to enhance the sentence. We affirm the convictions, but...

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