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KEENAN v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B128379.

85 Cal.Rptr.2d 417 (1999)

Barry KEENAN, Petitioner, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent; Frank Sinatra, Jr., Real Party in Interest.

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

Review Granted September 1, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rohde & Victoroff and Stephen F. Rohde, Los Angeles, for Petitioner.

Corbett & Steelman, Richard B. Specter, Irvine, and Mark M. Monachino, for Real Party in Interest.

No appearance for Respondent.

MIRIAM A. VOGEL, J.

The issue in this case is whether Civil Code section 2225 (California's "Son of Sam" statute) is constitutionally overinclusive. We hold that it is not, and also hold that it may be applied to a story based upon a crime that occurred before its enactment.

FACTS

Frank Sinatra, Jr., was kidnapped in 1963. His captors (one of whom was Barry Keenan) demanded ransom, which was paid by Sinatra's father. Keenan was apprehended, tried...

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