PEOPLE v. DIGGS

Docket No. 12485.

177 Cal.App.3d 958 (1986)

223 Cal. Rptr. 361

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES STEVEN DIGGS et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

February 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Joseph L. Staats, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Krech & Cole and Richard J. Krech for Defendants and Appellants.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Robert D. Marshall and Michael T. Garcia, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]

OPINION

SIMS, J.

In this case, we must reverse the judgment because both defendants were prejudiced by a bizarre, incompetent closing argument made to the jury by defendant Colbourn's counsel. In an unpublished portion of the opinion, for the benefit of the trial court on retrial, we consider and reject...

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