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PEOPLE v. STEELE

Docket No. A040826.

206 Cal.App.3d 703 (1988)

253 Cal. Rptr. 773

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DOUGLAS STEELE, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

December 15, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John Doyle, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, John H. Sugiyama, Assistant Attorney General, Laurence K. Sullivan and Christopher W. Grove, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

WHITE, P.J.

Defendant Douglas Steele appeals after a jury convicted him of escape from state prison without force or violence. (Pen. Code, § 4530, subd. (b).) He contends the trial court erred when it refused to instruct on the defense of duress. We find the trial court properly refused the duress instruction and therefore affirm the judgment.

FACTS

Department of Corrections Officer Douglas Roe was supervising...

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