# People v. Wharton

> California Supreme Court · April 29, 1991 · 53 Cal. 3d 522

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9558774

## Case

- **Full name:** The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. GEORGE HERBERT WHARTON, Defendant and Respondent
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** April 29, 1991
- **Citations:** 53 Cal. 3d 522; 280 Cal. Rptr. 631; 91 Daily Journal DAR 4957; 809 P.2d 290; 91 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3426; 1991 Cal. LEXIS 1608
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Kennard
- **Judges:** Lucas, Mosk, Broussard, Kennard
- **Cited by:** 517 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- noting that Petitioner “admitted killing Robert Pierce after the latter solicited a homosexual act from him”

## Opinion text

Kennard, J.,
concurred.
The petition of respondent Wharton for a rehearing was denied July 9, 1991, and the opinion was modified to read as printed above. Mosk, J., Broussard, J., and Kennard, J., were of the opinion that the petition should be granted.

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