Legal Opinion
People v. Thompson
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 1, 1982No. Crim. 13024PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
STANIFORTH, Acting P. J.
After an unsuccessful motion to suppress statements under the clergyman-penitent privilege (Evid. Code, § 1030), defendant Dale Dean Thompson was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree for the 1977 killing of Dennis M. Duncan. There was a true finding as to a weapons use in the murder. (Pen. Code, § 12022.5.) Thompson was sentenced to the term prescribed by law for the murder and firearm use. He appeals contending the trial court erroneously admitted into evidence the contents of Thompson’s conversation with James A. Ward as well as a handwritten…
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- People v. LawlerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
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