PEOPLE v. GARZIANO

Docket No. B056090.

230 Cal.App.3d 241 (1991)

281 Cal. Rptr. 307

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CATHERINE JEAN GARZIANO et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

May 17, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Robert D. Silver for Defendants and Appellants.

Michael D. Bradbury, District Attorney, and Michael D. Schwartz, Deputy District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

ABBE, J.*

May persons who commit crimes while demonstrating at a medical clinic that provides abortions, among other things, to its patients, escape criminal responsibility by invoking the defense of necessity? No.

The three appellants in this case were found by a jury to have engaged in criminal conduct while participating in such a demonstration at a family planning clinic. Appellants...

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