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PEOPLE v. NORRIS

Docket No. Crim. 24088.

40 Cal.3d 51 (1985)

706 P.2d 1141

219 Cal. Rptr. 7

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WENDELL WARREN NORRIS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

October 17, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Frank O. Bell, Jr., State Public Defender, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Ezra Hendon, Chief Assistant State Public Defender, and Allen R. Crown, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Herbert F. Wilkinson, Eugene W. Kaster and Ronald E. Niver, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

LUCAS, J.

Defendant Wendell Warren Norris appeals from a conviction of kidnaping for the purpose of extortion, resulting in a life sentence with possibility of parole. (Pen. Code, § 209, subd. (a); all further statutory references are to that code unless otherwise indicated.) At issue is whether defendant committed, or intended to commit, the crime of extortion as defined by...

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