Legal Opinion
People v. Dickinson
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 21, 1976No. Crim. 14450PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BROWN (H. C.), J.
This is an appeal by the People from the dismissal of an action for perjury (Pen. Code, § 118), following the granting of a motion pursuant to Penal Code section 995.
The charge of perjury contained in the information was based upon the allegedly false testimony of defendant in the trial of a civil action in the Superior Court of Contra Costa County entitled Simmons v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co., et al. In that action defendant identified himself as Allen William Dickenson. He attempted to qualify himself as an expert witness by testifying that in 1946 he…
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