Cleaver v. Superior Court

Opinion

RICHARDSON, J.

— Defendant Eldridge Cleaver was charged, in an indictment returned by the Alameda County Grand Jury in 1968, with three counts of attempted murder (Pen. Code, § 187), and three counts of assault with a deadly weapon upon police officers (id., § 245, subd. (b)). Subsequent to his indictment, defendant moved to suppress certain evidence pursuant to Penal Code section 1538.5. After hearing evidence and argument, the trial court granted the motion to suppress as to some of the items challenged, but denied it as to others, Both the defendant and the People seek writs of…