Legal Opinion

People v. Dewberry

California Court of Appeal

Decided June 26, 1974No. Crim. 23434PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*177Opinion

HASTINGS, J.

The defendant, George Dewberry, was charged with burglary (Pen. Code, § 459.) Dewberry’s motion to suppress the in-court identification of Gordon Stevenson, a witness, was granted on the basis that certain photographs shown to Stevenson by the policé were unavailable for trial, and the cause was dismissed pursuant to section 1385 of the Penal Code. The People now appeal pursuant to Penal Code section 1238, subdivision (a)(8).

The facts adduced at the hearing were as follows: When Gordon Stevenson returned home on October 20, 1972, at approximately 9 p.m., he noticed that…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. People v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
  3. United States v. Erwin Edward Ballard, United States of America v. Richard Henry BryanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  4. People v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
  5. Eleazer v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970

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