Opinion

People v. Thornton

  • 11 Cal. 3d 738
  • 114 Cal. Rptr. 467
  • 523 P.2d 267
  • 1974 Cal. LEXIS 329
Court
California Supreme Court
Filed
Jun 21, 1974
Status
Published
Author
McCOMB
On the bench
Sullivan, Mosk, McComb
Cited by
283 cases
Authority
More cited than 5.1%

Overruled on other grounds by People v. Flannel, 25 Cal. 3d 668 (1979)

evidence of the defendant's willingness to take test inadmissible

How later courts described this case

  • evidence of the defendant's willingness to take test inadmissible

Written by the judges who cited it.

Later courts went against this

  • Overruled on other grounds by People v. Flannel, 25 Cal. 3d 668 (1979)

    11 Cal.3d 738, 754 , disapproved on other grounds in People v. Flannel (1979) 25 Cal.3d 668, 684, fn. 12
    California Supreme CourtNov 13, 197914 citing opinionsother groundsRead it
  • Overruled on other grounds by People v. Martinez, 20 Cal. 4th 225 (1999)

    11 Cal.3d 738, 765 , overruled on another ground in People v. Martinez, supra,
    California Supreme CourtApr 8, 19992 citing opinionsother groundsRead it

The opinion

McCOMB, J.

I concur in the majority opinion, except that, for the reasons expressed in my dissenting opinion in People v. Anderson, 6 Cal.3d 628, 657 [ 100 Cal.Rptr. 152 , 493 P.2d 880 ], I dissent from the modification of the death penalty. (See Cal. Const., art. I, § 27.)

Appellant’s petition for a rehearing was denied July 25, 1974.

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