People v. Mutch

4 Cal.3d 389 (1971)

482 P.2d 633

93 Cal. Rptr. 721

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

RICHARD H. MUTCH, Defendant and Appellant.

Docket No. Crim. 14182.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 24, 1971.

COUNSEL

Paul M. Posner, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and James H. Kline, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

The principal question presented in this proceeding is whether a defendant whose conviction of the crime of kidnaping for the purpose…