# People v. Thornton

> California Supreme Court · June 21, 1974 · 11 Cal. 3d 738

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9544285

## Case

- **Full name:** The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ROBERT EMMETT THORNTON, Defendant and Appellant
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** June 21, 1974
- **Citations:** 11 Cal. 3d 738; 114 Cal. Rptr. 467; 523 P.2d 267; 1974 Cal. LEXIS 329
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by McCOMB
- **Judges:** Sullivan, Mosk, McComb
- **Cited by:** 283 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Red flag:** Overruled on other grounds by People v. Flannel, 25 Cal. 3d 668 (1979).
- Negative treatments: 2
- Distinguished by: 0
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9544285

## Opinion text

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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