Legal Opinion

People v. Purata

California Court of Appeal

Decided February 1, 1996No. D022022PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

HUFFMAN, J.

Alfredo Purata was convicted by jury of four counts of forcible rape and several other related sex and false imprisonment offenses, and dissuading a witness. (Pen. Code, 1 §§ 261, subd. (a)(2), 288a, subd. (c), 289, subd. (a), 243.4, subd. (a), 236/237, 136.1, subd. (c)(1).) Thereafter, the court found that a 1982 Texas attempted capital murder conviction qualified both as a serious prior felony and as a strike within the meaning of the three strikes law. (§ 667, subds. (b)-(i).) The trial court also found true the allegations of one prison prior within the meaning of…

2Cases cited23 opinions

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  5. People v. RamosCalifornia Supreme Court · 1982

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