PEOPLE v. McDOWELL

Docket No. Crim. 24110.

46 Cal.3d 551 (1988)

763 P.2d 1269

250 Cal. Rptr. 530

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHARLES E. McDOWELL, JR., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Weyman I. Lundquist, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Andrea G. Asaro and Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Donald E. de Nicola, Gary R. Hahn and Robert F. Katz, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

On November 15, 1983, an amended information was filed in the Los Angeles County Superior Court charging defendant Charles E. McDowell, Jr., with murder, attempted murder, attempted rape and burglary. (See Pen. Code, §§ 187, 261, 459, 664; all further statutory references are to this code unless otherwise indicated.) The information alleged that defendant personally used a knife in the commission of the...

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