Legal Opinion

People v. Azure

California Court of Appeal

Decided March 7, 1986No. Crim. 13861PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

CARR, J.

A jury convicted defendant of four counts of lewd and lascivious acts upon a child under the age of 14. (Pen. Code, § 288, subd. (a).) *595Defendant appeals, contending (1) his statements to the police were involuntary and should have been excluded from evidence as the product of coercive police interrogation, (2) the victims of the molestations were not credible witnesses, resulting in a verdict unsupported by sufficient evidence, (3) the trial court erred in refusing to admit evidence of the victims’ prior sexual knowledge; and (4) the trial court erred in denying defendant’s…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Lego v. TwomeySupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Murphy v. Waterfront Commission of New York HarborSupreme Court of the United States · 1964

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. People v. MattsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
  2. People v. ThompsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
  3. People v. MarkhamCalifornia Supreme Court · 1989
  4. People v. MattsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
  5. People v. AzureCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1986

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