PEOPLE v. CAMPBELL

Docket No. D004416.

193 Cal.App.3d 1653 (1987)

239 Cal. Rptr. 214

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOHN JAMES CAMPBELL, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

August 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Kimberly J. Grove, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Assistant Attorney General, Frederick R. Millar, Jr., and Yvonne H. Behart, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

WORK, J.

John Campbell was convicted of first degree murder (Pen. Code,1 § 187) and mayhem (§ 203) of Patricia Pekny. He contends the trial court erred in denying his request to evaluate his competency to stand trial; there was insufficient evidence to support instructions on felony murder and murder by torture; the Penal Code and the instructions do not adequately distinguish between...

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