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PEOPLE v. MARKS

Docket No. S004443. Crim. No. 22553.

45 Cal.3d 1335 (1988)

756 P.2d 260

248 Cal. Rptr. 874

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOHN MARKS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 14, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Norton Tooby, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Barbara Michel for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Marc E. Turchin, Mark Alan Hart, Thomas L. Willhite, Jr., and Sharlene A. Honnaka, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

EAGLESON, J.

This is an automatic appeal (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b)) from a judgment of death imposed pursuant to California's 1978 death penalty statutes. (Pen. Code, § 190 et seq.)1 We reverse the entire judgment because the trial court failed to conduct a competency hearing pursuant to sections 1368 and 1369 after specifically stating a doubt as to defendant's competency to stand...

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