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PEOPLE v. HALL

Docket No. Crim. 24565.

41 Cal.3d 826 (1986)

718 P.2d 99

226 Cal. Rptr. 112

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. HENRY LOREN HALL, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

May 22, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Jeffrey J. Stuetz, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Jay M. Bloom and Maxine P. Cutler, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

We granted review in this case to examine and clarify the so-called Mendez-Arline rule, which restricts the admission of defense evidence tending to show that a third party is guilty of the offense charged. (People v. Mendez (1924) 193 Cal. 39 [223 P. 65]; People v. Arline (1970) 13 Cal.App.3d 200

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