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PEOPLE v. LEE

Docket No. Crim. 24961.

43 Cal.3d 666 (1987)

738 P.2d 752

238 Cal. Rptr. 406

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHARLES JOSEPH LEE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 16, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Jay Ruskin, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Gary R. Hahn, Robert R. Anderson and Donald E. De Nicola, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

In this case, involving charges of attempted murder and robbery, the jury received contradictory, and partially inaccurate, instructions regarding the element of specific intent to kill required to sustain a verdict of attempted murder. We granted review to settle some uncertainties regarding the appropriate review standard to be used in determining whether such an error...

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