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PEOPLE v. DENNIS

Docket No. 13285.

177 Cal.App.3d 863 (1986)

223 Cal. Rptr. 236

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CHARLES W. DENNIS, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

February 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Eddie T. Keller and Janice Rogers Brown, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Francine T. Kammeyer, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

SPARKS, J.

In this case we hold that the district attorney cannot be barred from meaningful participation in a hearing on a motion for new trial based upon the claimed ineffectiveness of defense counsel during trial.

After a jury trial defendant Charles W. Dennis and his codefendant Gregory Willis were each found guilty of one count of kidnapping (Pen. Code, § 207), one count of forcible oral copulation in concert...

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