PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

Docket No. Crim. 24087.

45 Cal.3d 1126 (1988)

755 P.2d 1049

248 Cal. Rptr. 600

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CARL A WRIGHT, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

June 30, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Frank O. Bell, Jr., State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, and Peter R. Silten, Deputy State Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Eugene W. Kaster, Martin S. Kaye, Dane R. Gillette and Catherine A. Rivlin, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

In this case we consider whether the trial court erred in rejecting five special jury instructions which defendant requested relating to the accuracy of eyewitness identifications. Defendant was convicted of armed robbery and related offenses in connection with a robbery at gunpoint by several masked men. The sole evidence against him at trial was eyewitness identification.

We conclude that the court correctly...

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