PEOPLE v. BASUTA

No. D034429.

114 Cal.Rptr.2d 285 (2001)

94 Cal.App.4th 370

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Manjit Kaur BASUTA, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing January 7, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cleary & Sevilla, Charles M. Sevilla and Eugene Iredale, San Diego, for Defendant and Appellant.

Raveen Obhrai for Fiona Mactaggart, House of Commons, a member of Parliament from the United Kingdom, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Dixon & Truman and Lisa A. Rasmussen, for Physicians and Bio-Scientists as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Kyle Niki Shaffer and Alana Butler Cohen, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


Certified for Partial Publication.1

BENKE, J.

Defendant Manjit Kaur Basuta was convicted of assault on a child with force likely to produce great bodily injury resulting in death. (Pen. Code,2 § 273ab.) Basuta was sentenced to a term of 25 years to life in prison. She appeals making numerous arguments, among them that section 273ab is unconstitutional, the trial court erred in the admission and...

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