Legal Opinion
People v. Howard
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 10, 1987No. Docket Nos. D002206, D003300PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WIENER, Acting P. J.
Steven Howard was convicted by a jury of false imprisonment by violence, menace, fraud or deceit (Pen. Code, §§ 236, 237 2 ), forcible oral copulation (§ 288a, subd. (c)), forcible sodomy (§ 286, subd. (c)), spousal rape (§ 262, subd. (a)) and assault with a deadly weapon (§ 245, subd. (a)(1)), all committed against his estranged wife, Verdise. 3 He was sentenced to a total term of 12 years in prison. He appeals from the judgment and also petitions for writ of habeas corpus, which has been consolidated for disposition with this appeal.
Steven contends that there were…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- People v. WatsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
- Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Kimmelman v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by4 opinions
- People v. MesaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2006
- People v. LloydCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1992
- In re C v. CA6California Court of Appeal · 2014
- People v. MesaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2006