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PEOPLE v. GAMMAGE

Docket No. S018892.

2 Cal.4th 693 (1992)

828 P.2d 682

7 Cal. Rptr.2d 541

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOHNNIE VINCENT GAMMAGE et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

May 7, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Thomas T. Ono, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Norman W. de Carteret, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendants and Appellants.

John K. Van de Kamp and Daniel E. Lungren, Attorneys General, Richard B. Iglehart and George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Edward T. Fogel, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Carol Wendelin Pollack, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Donald E. de Nicola, Linda C. Johnson, Susan D. Martynec amd Richard B. Cullather, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

ARABIAN, J.

Lord Matthew Hale, Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench from 1671 to 1676, once observed: "It is true rape is a most detestable crime, and therefore ought severely and impartially to be punished with death; but it must be remembered, that it is an accusation easily to be made and hard to be proved, and harder to be defended by the party accused, tho never so innocent...

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