Legal Opinion
Lopez v. City of Oxnard
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 10, 1989No. B028882PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GILBERT, J.
Plaintiff Javier C. Lopez was arrested three times on an outstanding warrant issued by the municipal court. The person named in the warrant had the same name, birth date, address and physical description as plaintiff Lopez. There was, however, a problem. Lopez was not the person named in the warrant. The court offered a solution. After his first arrest, the court prepared a document called a “disposition sheet” for Lopez to carry with him. It stated that Lopez was not the person named in the warrant. When arrested again, he showed the disposition sheet to the arresting…
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