Legal Opinion
People v. White
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 6, 1987No. Crim. 14801PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SPARKS, J.
As the appropriate measure of the defendant’s culpability in a brutal sexual attack, the jury found the defendant guilty of a melange of crimes and enhancements contained in 13 counts in the information, acquitting him on only 1 count of attempted sodomy. Following the verdict, bifurcated allegations of prior convictions (§§ 667; 667.5, subd. (b)) and of the defendant’s status as a habitual criminal who inflicts great bodily injury (§ 667.7) were tried to the court, which sustained them all.
The court selected the oral copulation in count N as the base term, finding the nature…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- People v. ThorntonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
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3Cited by19 opinions
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