PEOPLE v. JAVIER A.

Docket No. Crim. 23869.

38 Cal.3d 811 (1985)

700 P.2d 1244

215 Cal. Rptr. 242

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAVIER A., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

June 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert Patrick Murphy, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Kristofer Jorstad and Ronald D. Smetana, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Christopher N. Heard as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BROUSSARD, J.

Defendant appeals from a conviction of second degree murder resulting in a sentence to state prison. A related petition for habeas corpus was consolidated with the appeal below. We granted a hearing to consider the contention that the trial court improperly rejected the recommendation of the Youth Authority that defendant be committed to its program.

Since there is no claim that the evidence is insufficient...

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