California Court of Appeal

Defendant's convictions for numerous torture, assault, and rape offenses are affirmed where the statute defining torture is not preempted by the Convention Against Torture or any other federal statutes.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/14/2005
• Published 01/14/2005

Judges

• SIMS, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Geri Lyn Green, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson and Mary Jo Graves, Assistant Attorneys General, Stan Cross and Janet E. Neeley, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.