Legal Opinion

People v. Gray

California Court of Appeal

Decided January 9, 1986No. F004796PublishedCited by 5 opinions

[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

HAMLIN, J.

Defendant Billy Gene Gray was convicted on his guilty plea of the sale of cocaine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11352). Defendant was sentenced to prison for the middle term of four years, plus a one-year consecutive term for a previous conviction in Kings County. Defendant appeals, urging sentencing errors only.

The principal issue presented is one of first impression: Does bail on appeal from defendant’s first conviction and sentence preclude the court imposing sentence for defendant’s second conviction from ordering that the sentences so imposed run consecutively? (Pen. Code, §…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Palos Verdes Faculty Ass'n v. Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School DistrictCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Clements v. T. R. Bechtel Co.California Supreme Court · 1954
  3. Great Lakes Properties, Inc. v. City of El SegundoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1977
  4. Alford v. PiernoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1972
  5. Cossack v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. People v. DowneyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2000
  2. People v. AdrianCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1987
  3. People v. LogsdonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1987
  4. People v. ToddCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1994
  5. People v. LogsdonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1987

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