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DE JESUS VERDIN v. SUPERIOR COURT OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY

No. S143040.

43 Cal.4th 1096 (2008)

JOSE DE JESUS VERDIN, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

June 2, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary Windom, Public Defender, and Richard V. Myers, Deputy Public Defender, for Petitioner.

Michael P. Judge, Public Defender (Los Angeles), Albert J. Menaster and Terri Towery, Deputy Public Defenders, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

John T. Philipsborn for California Attorneys for Criminal Justice as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Grover Trask, District Attorney, Elise J. Farrell and Elaina Gambera Bentley, Deputy District Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest.

Thomas J. Orloff, District Attorney (Alameda), and Jeff H. Rubin, Deputy District Attorney, for the California District Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

WERDEGAR, J.

Petitioner, who stands charged with attempted premeditated murder as well as various other felony offenses, has announced his intention to rely on a "diminished actuality" defense. (See People v. Steele (2002) 27 Cal.4th 1230, 1253 [120 Cal.Rptr.2d 432, 47 P.3d 225].) That is, he intends to argue...

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