PEOPLE v. YOUNGER

No. A083235.

101 Cal.Rptr.2d 624 (2000)

84 Cal.App.4th 1360

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Darrell YOUNGER, Defendant and Appellant.

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

November 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kyle Gee, Oakland, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Appellant.

Bill Lockyer Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Bass, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Stan M. Helfman, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, John R. Vance, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


PARRILLI, J.

A young woman is found in her bathtub, strangled by a noose tied to the showerhead. Though she has been dead for nearly two weeks, the pathologist who performs the autopsy is able to determine that there are no significant bruises or other injuries aside from the strangulation. The victim's artificial fingernails are all in place, and there is no sign of a struggle. The pathologist lists the cause of death as hanging, but notes that drowning or other...

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