PEOPLE v. SALVATO

Docket No. A049392.

234 Cal.App.3d 872 (1991)

285 Cal. Rptr. 837

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MICHAEL ANGELO SALVATO, Defendant and Appellant.

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

September 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

David McNeil Morse, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, John H. Sugiyama, Assistant Attorney General, Ronald E. Niver and Laurence K. Sullivan, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


[Opinion certified for partial publication.]

OPINION

LOW, P.J.

This case presents the question of whether the defendant in a criminal case is entitled, upon demand at the start of trial, to have the prosecution elect which of several distinct acts is relied upon for each individual charge. We hold that he or she is, generally, entitled to an election upon demand, and that the court's refusal...

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