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PEOPLE v. BITTAKER

Docket No. S004359. Crim. No. 21942.

48 Cal.3d 1046 (1989)

774 P.2d 659

259 Cal. Rptr. 630

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LAWRENCE SIGMOND BITTAKER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

June 22, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard Such, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, John R. Gorey, Norman H. Sokolow, Susanne C. Wylie and Andrew D. Amerson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

BROUSSARD, J.

From June through October of 1979, defendant and Roy Norris kidnapped and murdered five teenage girls in the Los Angeles area. Most of the killings involved the rape and torture of the victims. Defendant now stands convicted of 26 felony counts, as follows:

Date of Crime    Victim                   Crimes

June 24, 1979    Lucinda...

                    
                    
                    

                        

                            

                                
                            

                            

                                

                                    
    
                                        
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