PEOPLE v. ALCALA

Docket Nos. Crim. 21532, 23258.

36 Cal.3d 604 (1984)

685 P.2d 1126

205 Cal. Rptr. 775

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. RODNEY JAMES ALCALA, Defendant and Appellant. In re RODNEY JAMES ALCALA on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California.

August 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Keith C. Monroe, under appointment by the Supreme Court, David A. Zimmerman and Monroe & Riddet for Defendant and Appellant and Petitioner.

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, Michael G. Millman and Joseph Levine, Deputy State Public Defenders, Samuel R. Gross and Robert C. Vanderet 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, Daniel J. Kremer, Assistant Attorney General, Michael D. Wellington, Harley D. Mayfield, Patricia D. Benke, Bruce Daniel Rosen and Louis R. Hanoian, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Edwin L. Miller, Jr., District Attorney (San Diego), Richard D. Huffman, Chief Deputy District Attorney, and Paul M. Morley, Deputy District Attorney, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

GRODIN, J.

Defendant Rodney James Alcala was convicted on one count of first degree murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187-189) with use of a deadly weapon (id., § 12022, subd. (b)) and one count of forcible kidnaping (id., § 207). (All statutory references are to the Penal Code unless otherwise indicated.) Defendant admitted a prior conviction and prison sentence...

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