Legal Opinion
People v. Fontaine
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 30, 1965No. Crim. 4651PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMolinari, J.
This is an appeal by the People from the trial court’s order granting defendant’s motion for a new trial and from its order denying the People’s motion to vacate the order granting a new trial.
Statement of the Case
Following defendant’s conviction for two counts of selling and furnishing marijuana (in violation of Health & Saf. Code, §11531), defendant moved for a new trial on the grounds that (1) it was a violation of Penal Code section 653j 2 for the court to admit into evidence the tape recordings of conversations between defendant and the informant; (2) defendant was denied his right to a…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- People v. WatsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1956
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Lopez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- On Lee v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Ballard v. Superior Court of San Diego CountyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1966
- Fontaine v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Eleazer v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
- People v. FujitaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1974
- People v. SimmsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1970
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