Legal Opinion
Reyes v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 18, 1977No. Civ. 19134PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KAUFMAN, J.
Petitioner Margaret Velasquez Reyes is charged by information with two counts of felony child endangering in violation of Penal Code section 273a, subdivision (1). Her motion to set aside the information (Pen. Code, § 995) was denied, and she seeks a writ of prohibition. (Pen. Code, § 999a.) We issued an alternative writ 1 and an order staying trial.
The facts are simple. Petitioner was addicted to the use of heroin 2 and was pregnant. She was warned by a public health nurse that, if she continued using heroin and failed to seek prenatal medical care, the health, and even the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Keeler v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
- People v. ValentineCalifornia Supreme Court · 1946
- Justus v. AtchisonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1977
- Burns v. AlcalaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by27 opinions
- People v. BunyardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1988
- Whitner v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1997
- People v. TaylorCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2004
- Ralph M. Wynn, M. D. v. Bernard CareyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- State v. GrayOhio Supreme Court · 1992
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