Legal Opinion
People v. Linder
California Supreme Court
Decided July 8, 1971No. Crim. 15505PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, J.
Defendant was convicted of two counts of burglary in the second degree. (Pen. Code, § § 459, 460.) At the trial he attempted to read into the record a transcript of testimony given by his former wife during a previous trial on the same charges which had ended in a mistrial. The trial court refused to admit the evidence on the ground that not until the day before the second trial was scheduled to begin did defendant deliver to the sheriff a subpoena to be served upon his former wife.
We conclude that the court erred in refusing to admit the testimony upon this ground and that the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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