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PEOPLE v. PEARSON

Docket No. Crim. 24299.

42 Cal.3d 351 (1986)

721 P.2d 595

228 Cal. Rptr. 509

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LAWRENCE D. PEARSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 7, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Brian DeAmicis, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Frank O. Bell, Jr., State Public Defender, Gabriel C. Vivas and Michael Pescetta, Deputy State Public Defenders, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, W. Scott Thorpe, Eddie T. Keller and Shirley A. Nelson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

This case raises the questions (1) whether a defendant may be convicted of both statutory sodomy and lewd conduct for the commission of a single act of sodomy and (2) whether the use of both such convictions to enhance future sentences would constitute impermissible double punishment.

Defendant committed an act of sodomy on each of two children. For each act he was...

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