Legal Opinion
People v. Dennis
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 21, 1986No. Crim. 13285PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SPARKS, J.
In this case we hold that the district attorney cannot be barred from meaningful participation in a hearing on a motion for new trial based upon the claimed ineffectiveness of defense counsel during trial.
After a jury trial defendant Charles W. Dennis and his codefendant Gregory Willis were each found guilty of one count of kidnapping (Pen. Code, § 207), one count of forcible oral copulation in concert (Pen. Code, § 288a, subd. (d)), and three counts of forcible rape. (Pen. Code, § 261, subd. (2).) The defendants were found to have acted in concert in committing the rapes, an…
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