Legal Opinion

People v. Davis

California Court of Appeal

Decided April 24, 1979No. Docket Nos. 17453, 17463, 18007, 18036, 18257, 18419PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*253Opinion

SCOTT, J.

The issue presented in these consolidated appeals is whether California statutes making unlawful the possession, possession for sale, and sale of cocaine (Health & Saf. Code, §§ 11350, 11351) deny appellants equal protection of the law, due process of the law, their right to privacy, and their right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment.1 We conclude that those statutes have no constitutional infirmities.

All appellants except one were convicted on their pleas of guilty. They make no contention that they did not in fact violate the statutes upon which they were…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Stanley v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. White v. DavisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
  3. People v. AshleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954
  4. People v. OlivasCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
  5. Ravin v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1975

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. People v. BellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1989
  2. People v. WilkinsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 2004
  3. People v. WardCalifornia Supreme Court · 2005
  4. People v. McCartyIllinois Supreme Court · 1981
  5. People v. BellCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1996

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