Legal Opinion
People v. Stankewitz
California Supreme Court
Decided July 5, 1990No. S004602. Crim. 23430PublishedCited by 183 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ARABIAN, J.
In People v. Stankewitz (1982) 32 Cal.3d 80 [184 Cal.Rptr. 611, 648 P.2d 578, 23 A.L.R.4th 476] (Stankewitz I), this court reversed defendant’s judgment of conviction and sentence of death because of errors relating to defendant’s ability to cooperate with and assist the attorney appointed to represent him.
Defendant was retried. At the second trial defendant was accorded both a competency hearing pursuant to Penal Code section 13681 and a Marsden hearing (People v. Marsden (1970) 2 Cal.3d 118 [84 Cal.Rptr. 156, 465 P.2d 44]) to determine whether there was a conflict between…
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