PEOPLE v. GHENT

Docket No. Crim. 21311.

43 Cal.3d 739 (1987)

739 P.2d 1250

239 Cal. Rptr. 82

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DAVID L. GHENT, JR., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert D. Carrow, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Brian J. Wrobel for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp and George Deukmejian, Attorneys General, Steve White and Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, John H. Sugiyama, Edward P. O'Brien and William D. Stein, Assistant Attorneys General, Herbert F. Wilkinson, Thomas A. Brady, Charles J. James and Dane R. Gillette, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

Defendant David L. Ghent, Jr., appeals from a judgment imposing the death penalty following his conviction of first degree murder and attempted rape of Patricia Bert, and assault with intent to commit rape of Mrs. Preskitt. (See Pen. Code, §§ 187 [murder], 261 [rape], and 220 [assault to commit rape]; all further statutory references are to this code.) Defendant was tried under the 1977 death penalty...

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