PEOPLE v. BRIGHT

Docket No. S044186.

12 Cal.4th 652 (1996)

909 P.2d 1354

49 Cal. Rptr.2d 732

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JAMES MICHAEL BRIGHT, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

February 5, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Paul J. Pfingst and Edwin L. Miller, Jr., District Attorneys, Thomas F. McArdle and Karen I. Doty, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Merle N. Schneidewind, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

GEORGE, J.

Penal Code section 6641 prescribes the punishment for an attempt to commit a crime, providing in part that, if the offense attempted is one for which the maximum sentence is life imprisonment or death, the person guilty of that attempt shall be subject to the punishment of imprisonment for a term of five, seven, or nine years. (§ 664...

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