People v. Catlin (2001)
Annotate this Case[Modification of opinion (26 Cal.4th 81) with no change in judgment.]
THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. STEVEN DAVID CATLIN, Defendant and Appellant.
THE COURT.-
The opinion in this matter, published in the advance sheets at 26 Cal. 4th 81, is modified as follows:
On page 101, second line, the words "his sister" are modified to read "her sister."
On page 101, the third full paragraph is amended to read: "Martha Catlin, defendant's 79-year-old mother, died in Bakersfield on December 8, 1984, after an illness lasting two or three days."
On page 105, the second sentence of the fourth full paragraph is modified to read: "Dr. Russell, a pathologist at the University of California, Davis Medical School, testified that although Joyce's lung damage was consistent with paraquat poisoning, it was also possible that it was caused by agents other than paraquat."
This modification does not effect a change in the judgment.
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