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PEOPLE v. DELLINGER

Docket No. G000570.

163 Cal.App.3d 284 (1984)

209 Cal. Rptr. 503

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LELAND ROY DELLINGER, Defendant and Appellant.

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

December 28, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Patra Woolum and Therene Powell, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Frederick R. Millar, Jr., A. Wells Petersen and Raquel M. Gonzalez, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

WALLIN, J.

A jury found appellant, Leland Dellinger, guilty of first degree murder of his two-year-old stepdaughter, Jaclyn. The trial court denied Dellinger's motion for a new trial, but reduced the conviction to second degree murder. Since several of the errors pointed out by Dellinger prejudiced his ability to receive a fair trial, the conviction must be reversed.

On May 29, 1979, Dellinger picked up Jaclyn from...

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