Legal Opinion
People v. Thompson
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 26, 1996No. C018919PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
DAVIS, J.
A jury convicted defendant of six counts of perjury. (Pen. Code, § 118, subd. (a).) On appeal defendant contends the trial court erroneously instructed that the materiality element of perjury is a question of law for the court to decide. In light of a California Supreme Court decision issued while defendant’s case has been on appeal, People v. Kobrin (1995) 11 Cal.4th 416 [45 Cal.Rptr.2d 895, 903 P.2d 1027], this contention is well taken. In the unpublished portion of this opinion, we will reverse for this instructional error.
Defendant also contests the warrantless search of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- United States v. ChadwickSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Rawlings v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. SalvucciSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- McDonald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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