Legal Opinion
People v. Thomason
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 24, 1970No. Crim. 8428PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
TAYLOR, J.
Defendant appeals from judgment entered on his plea of guilty to a violation of Penal Code section 171c, subdivision 2, following the denial of his motion to suppress evidence pursuant to Penal Code section 1538.5. He contends that the evidence used against him should have been excluded as it was obtained from the witness Maxey after a coercive waiver of Maxey’s privilege against self-incrimination, as well as in violation of Maxey’s Miranda and Fourth Amendment rights.
The pertinent facts giving rise to the motion to suppress are revealed in the transcript of the preliminary…
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