Title: P. v. Bryant, Smith and Wheeler

State: california

Issuer: California Supreme Court

Document:

Filed 10/1/14 
 
 
 
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA 
 
 
 
THE PEOPLE, 
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S049596 
 
Plaintiff and Respondent, 
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Los Angeles County 
 
v. 
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Super. Ct. No. A711739 
 
 
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STANLEY BRYANT, DONALD 
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FRANKLIN SMITH, and LEROY 
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WHEELER, 
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Defendants and Appellants. 
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ORDER MODIFYING OPINION AND 
DENYING PETITION FOR REHEARING 
THE COURT: 
The opinion herein, filed on August 25, 2014, appearing at 60 Cal.4th 335, 
is modified as follows: 
On pages 467 through 468, the sentence reading “To the extent their 
absences at proceedings based on oral waivers violated the statutes, defendants 
have presented no support for the conclusion there is either a reasonable 
probability at the guilt phase or reasonable possibility at the penalty phase that the 
outcome would have been more favorable had defendants been required to make 
written waivers or forced to attend the proceedings despite their wishes to be 
absent,” is modified to read, “To the extent their absences at proceedings without a 
waiver or with only an oral waiver violated the statutes, defendants have presented 
 
 
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no support for the conclusion there is either a reasonable probability at the guilt 
phase or reasonable possibility at the penalty phase that the outcome would have 
been more favorable had defendants been required to make written waivers or 
forced to attend the proceedings despite their wishes to be absent.”   
This modification does not affect the judgment.