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PEOPLE v. MORA

Docket No. A073280.

51 Cal.App.4th 1349 (1996)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ARTURO MORA, Defendant and Appellant.

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

December 30, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James D. Rodseth, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Bass, Assistant Attorney General, Ronald E. Niver and Mark S. Howell, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]

OPINION

REARDON, J.

In this case of first impression, we hold that a biological father may lawfully be convicted of battering the mother of his child pursuant to section 273.5 of the Penal Code1 even if their parental rights to that child had been terminated before commission of the offense.

A jury convicted appellant...

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