Legal Opinion
People v. Cobb
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 28, 1983No. Crim. 5777PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WOOLPERT, J.
Appellant was convicted of being an ex-felon in possession of a handgun in violation of Penal Code section 12021. He complains that he was forced to undergo jury trial and imprisonment because of an arbitrary local court rule. Several days prior to trial he accepted the district attorney’s offer of a county jail commitment. However, the court refused to consider the plea bargain because it was untimely. We are asked to hold that plea bargains must be considered by the court at any time.
On the night of February 6, 1981, two police officers were on patrol in a marked police…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Hampton v. Mow Sun WongSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Corbitt v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- People v. WestCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
- People v. HillCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
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3Cited by22 opinions
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