PEOPLE v. MAGPUSO

Docket No. F019309.

23 Cal.App.4th 112 (1994)

28 Cal. Rptr.2d 206

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MARY LOU MAGPUSO, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

March 9, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Michael B. McPartland, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, Edgar A. Kerry and Jane Olmos, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]

OPINION

THAXTER, J.

We hold here that a defendant charged with kidnapping a person under the age of 14 years (Pen.1 Code, §§ 207, subd. (a), 208, subd. (b)) may not rely on the defense of reasonable mistake as to the victim's age.

Appellant Mary Lou Magpuso...

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