Legal Opinion

People v. Superior Court (Sparks)

California Supreme Court

Decided February 8, 2010No. S164614PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

48 Cal.4th 1 (2010)

224 P.3d 86

THE PEOPLE, Petitioner,

v.

THE SUPERIOR COURT OF YUBA COUNTY, Respondent.

DUSTIN WILLIAM SPARKS, Real Party in Interest.

No. S164614.

Supreme Court of California.

February 8, 2010.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, John G. McLean, R. Todd Marshall and George M. Hendrickson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Petitioner.

Mitchell Keiter as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

S. Michelle May, under appointment by the Supreme Court; Scott and…

2Cases cited39 opinions

  1. Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. United States v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Cel-Tech Communications, Inc. v. Los Angeles Cellular Telephone Co.California Supreme Court · 1999
  4. Standefer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Lucido v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990

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