People v. Leal

Supreme Court of California · Decided 2004-08-05

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Opinion MORENO, J. Penal Code section 288, subdivision (b)(1), makes it a felony to commit a lewd act upon a child under the age of 14 years “by use of force, violence, duress, menace, or fear of immediate and unlawful bodily injury . . . .” Nearly two decades ago, the Court of Appeal defined the term “duress”…

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