Legal Opinion
People v. Sarkissian
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 2, 1978No. Crim. 3304PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FRANSON, J.
Statement of the Case
This appeal was transferred to this court for hearing and decision following certification by the Appellate Department of the Superior Court of Tulare County pursuant to rule 63 of the California Rules of Court. The issue to be decided is whether a person charged with being under the influence of narcotics as proscribed by Health and Safety Code section 11550 has a statutory right to refuse to provide a urine sample to establish his ingestion of narcotics. The answer to the question turns upon the applicability of Health and Safety Code section 11552,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Rochin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- People v. VictorCalifornia Supreme Court · 1965
- People v. WilliamsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1958
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