Legal Opinion
People v. Mirenda
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 16, 2009No. D053261PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
HUFFMAN, Acting P. J.
We are presented with a case where 26 years passed between the time the criminal charges were filed and the time when the prosecution actually started. The extraordinary delay in this case is made more remarkable because defendant was actually arrested on the criminal complaint in 1982 and agreed to waive extradition. It was the prosecution that declined to return defendant for trial. Defendant was then released and the prosecution changed its arrest warrant to “California only,” apparently to prevent defendant from again being arrested outside this state.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- People v. DeSantisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1992
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