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PEOPLE v. BARNES

Docket No. Crim. 24586.

42 Cal.3d 284 (1986)

721 P.2d 110

228 Cal. Rptr. 228

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOAQUIN BARNES, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 31, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Frank O. Bell, Jr., State Public Defender, Philip M. Brooks, Deputy State Public Defender, and John Nash for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Ann K. Jensen, Dane R. Gillette and Stan M. Helfman, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

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

OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

Was the Court of Appeal correct in relying on a rape complainant's lack of "measurable resistance" to overturn convictions of rape and false imprisonment as unsupported by sufficient evidence?

I.

Since the sufficiency of evidence to support the convictions is in issue, it is necessary to present a somewhat detailed statement of the factual circumstances...

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