People v. DeVaughn

Opinion

WRIGHT, C. J.

Defendants Mark Allen DeVaughn and his brother Timothy Lewis DeVaughn appeal from judgments of conviction of burglary in the second degree. (Pen. Code, §§ 459, 460.) Both defendants contend that their initial detentions and ensuing arrests were illegal; that extrajudicial statements constituting confessions were obtained as a result of illegal police conduct; and that the trial court erred in failing to grant defendants’ motions to set aside the information (§ 995) and to suppress the extrajudicial statements on grounds that they were involuntarily made.

Following their…