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PEOPLE v. VILLA

Docket No. 20000.

109 Cal.App.3d 360 (1980)

167 Cal. Rptr. 265

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MICHAEL JOHN VILLA, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

August 20, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, and Alfred J. Brandi, Acting Deputy State Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant. George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Granucci and Michael Buzzell, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

DOSSEE, J.*

In this case we find that the prosecutor acted unprofessionally, indeed childishly, on several occasions at trial. Only due to the overwhelming evidence of guilt do we find that his misconduct does not justify reversal.

Michael John Villa was convicted by a jury of assault with intent to commit rape (Pen. Code, § 220) and false imprisonment by means of force or menace ...

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