In Re Joyner

48 Cal.3d 487 (1989)

769 P.2d 967

256 Cal. Rptr. 785

In re ERIC W. JOYNER on Habeas Corpus.

Docket No. Crim. 25596.

Supreme Court of California.

April 3, 1989.

COUNSEL

Donald Specter and Steven Fama for Petitioner.

Manuel E. Nestle as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, John H. Sugiyama, Assistant Attorney General, Martin S. Kaye and Robert R. Granucci, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.

OPINION

KAUFMAN, J.

Petitioner Eric W. Joyner was convicted of grand theft (Pen. Code, § 487)[1] and robbery (§ 211), with an…