Opinion
S181535
10-20-2021
PEOPLE v. ALCALA (RODNEY JAMES)
Appeal abated
As indicated in a certified copy of a certificate of death, appellant Rodney James Alcala died on July 24, 2021. Accordingly, the “Motion to Deem All Proceedings Permanently Abated, ” filed on September 20, 2021, is granted. The appeal in People v. Rodney James Alcala, case number S181535, is permanently abated, and the Superior Court of California, County of Orange is directed to enter an order to that effect in case number C-42861. (People v. Dail (1943) 22 Cal.2d 642, 659; People v. Bandy (1963) 216 Cal.App.2d 458, 466.).