Legal Opinion
People v. Cruz
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 7, 1970No. Crim. 16491PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HERNDON, J.
Appellant was charged with possession of heroin for sale in violation of Health and Safety Code section 11500.5 and with prior convictions of narcotic possession in 1952 and 1954. A jury returned a verdict of guilty with findings that the priors were true. The appeal is from the judgment of conviction.
The unusually voluminous record presented to us includes more than 800 pages of reporter’s transcript in three volumes. This record indicates a grossly over-extended trial that consumed more than nine days of court time. At the opening of the trial the judge asked defense…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Henry v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- People v. LaraCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
- People v. BrownCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
- People v. BenfordCalifornia Supreme Court · 1959
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3Cited by10 opinions
- People v. BracamonteCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1981
- People v. CarbonieCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1975
- People v. OwensCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1980
- People v. GuillenCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1974
- People v. BowieCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1977
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