California Supreme Court· 8/31/1998

People v. Birks

Citations

960 P.2d 1073
77 Cal. Rptr. 2d 848
19 Cal. 4th 108
98 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 6803
98 Daily Journal DAR 9346
1998 Cal. LEXIS 5591

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finding the analysis in Reeves \utterly convincing\ and rejecting a charge on lesser-related offenses
finding the analysis in Reeves “utterly convincing” and rejecting a charge on lesser-related offenses
overruling prior allowance of lesser non-included offense instructions requested by defense
overruling prior allowance of lesser non-included offense instructions requested by defense
overruling prior allowance of lesser nonincluded offense instructions requested by defense
doing away with the lesser non-included offense instruction because, among other problems, it gave “the defendant a superior trial right to seek and obtain conviction for a lesser uncharged offense whose elements the prosecution has neither pled nor sought to prove”

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Judges: Baxter, Werdegar, Brown

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