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PEOPLE v. SMITH

Docket No. Crim. 22872.

35 Cal.3d 798 (1984)

678 P.2d 886

201 Cal. Rptr. 311

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LINDA LEE SMITH, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

April 16, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, and Antonia D. Radillo, Deputy State Public Defender, for 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, James Ching, Gregory W. Baugher and Margaret E. Garnand, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting her of second degree murder (Pen. Code, § 187),1 felony child abuse (§ 273a, subd. (1)), and child beating (§ 273d). The court sentenced her to imprisonment for 15 years to life on the murder count (§ 190) and stayed service of sentence on the 2 remaining counts to avoid double punishment (§ 654). The principal issue...

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