Legal Opinion
People v. Hartfield
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 8, 1970No. Crim. 4004PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KAUFMAN, J.
The sole problem presented by this appeal is whether the court below properly dismissed felony charges against defendant pursuant to Penal Code, section 654,1 from which dismissal the People appeal. The problem arises out of the following facts.
On June 1,1969, Officer Hopper of the Garden Grove Police Department was instructed by radio to proceed to the site of the Strawberry Festival in Westminster in connection with a riot. After his arrival upon the scene, he joined with a group of officers of the Westminster Police Department, one of whom was Officer Miller. The officers…
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