Legal Opinion
People v. Bryant
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 22, 1984No. F001757PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HANSON (P. D.), J.
I
In this appeal we hold that the prosecutor’s remarks to a defense witness at appellant’s probation revocation hearing, indicating the witness would be charged with perjury if he testified in accordance with his preliminary hearing testimony, denied appellant his fundamental rights to due process of law and his constitutional right to a fair hearing.
In 1981, appellant pleaded guilty to a violation of Health and Safety Code section 11378.5 (possession for sale of phencyclidine) in Kern County Superior Court No. 22747, on condition he be admitted to felony probation and…
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