Legal Opinion

People v. Ogen

California Court of Appeal

Decided May 22, 1985No. D001358PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

WORK, Acting P. J .

Hasan Ogen appeals a judgment convicting him of murder (Pen. Code, 1 § 187) and finding he personally used a firearm (§ 12022.5). Ogen argues the murder victim’s preliminary hearing testi mony, given against him during prosecution for an earlier assault and rape, should not be excepted from the hearsay rule; and the jury was misinstructed on the concurrence of act and intent in first degree murder and on voluntary manslaughter, and improperly received no instruction on a diminished mental capacity defense. We affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

Ogen began a…

2Cases cited29 opinions

  1. Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Barber v. PageSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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  5. People v. FlannelCalifornia Supreme Court · 1979

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3Cited by16 opinions

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