Legal Opinion
People v. Comingore
California Supreme Court
Decided November 3, 1977No. Crim. 19855PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CLARK, J.
Defendant was charged in count I of an information with grand theft auto (Pen. Code, § 487, subd, 3) 1 and in count II with unlawful driving or taking of a vehicle (Veh. Code, § 10851). 2 Upon defendant’s entiy of a plea of former conviction, the court found that he had been convicted in Oregon of unauthorized use of a vehicle (Ore.Rev.Stat. 164.135), 3 and that the Oregon conviction barred prosecuting him in California for the crimes charged in the information. Accordingly, the court dismissed the information on its own motion and in furtherance of justice, (§ 1385.) The…
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