PEOPLE v. THOMPSON

Docket No. Crim. 23924.

45 Cal.3d 86 (1988)

753 P.2d 37

246 Cal. Rptr. 245

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. THOMAS MARTIN THOMPSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

April 28, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Quin Denvir, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, John W. Carney, Keith I. Motley and Jay M. Bloom, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

ARGUELLES, J.

This case involves the rape and murder of 20-year-old Ginger Fleischli on September 11, 1981. For these offenses, the jury convicted defendant of one count of first degree murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 189)1 and one count of forcible rape (§ 261, subd. (2)) and found true allegations that defendant personally used a knife in the commission of these crimes (§ 12022...

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