Legal Opinion
People v. Sean R.
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 5, 1989No. A043640PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RACANELLI, P. J.
In this appeal, the sole question presented is whether the trial court had authority to order defense counsel to pay the prosecution’s witness fees and expenses incurred upon a continuance granted to the defense. For the reasons we explain, we will conclude the order was unauthorized and void.
Background
This appeal arises against the following procedural background: In January 1988, a petition was filed in the juvenile court charging the fourteen-year-old minor defendant with the commission of three criminal offenses involving an alleged sexual molestation of a…
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