Legal Opinion
People v. Williams
California Court of Appeal
Decided August 18, 1987No. A032869PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ELKINGTON, J.
The People have appealed from orders of the superior court (1) denying reinstatement of a criminal complaint, under Penal Code section 871.5, against defendant Andrew Maynard Williams (Williams) and (2) granting Williams’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, thus causing his return to a federal prison in Missouri without trial of grand theft charges pending in Alameda County, California.
*128California, the United States, and other states of the nation are parties to an “Interstate Agreement on Detainers.” In California, the agreement is codified as Penal Code section 1389…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- People v. WheelerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
- People v. FloydCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
- Townsend v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
- United States v. Harland Lee BlackCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- In Re WilsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1988
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