Legal Opinion

People v. Jackson

California Court of Appeal

Decided October 22, 1987No. A034604PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

HOLMDAHL, J.

A criminal defendant complains about the sentences which he received after revocation of two grants of probation.

The judgments are affirmed, but the sentences vacated.

Statement of Facts

On three successive evenings in October 1982, defendant sold substances which he represented to be heroin to a paid police informant in the vicinity of the Kunta Kinte Hut in East Palo Alto. The first two sales involved some material which contained heroin and some which did not, and the third sale involved no heroin at all.

On April 9, 1984, about 8:45 in the evening, defendant sold a…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. People v. HarveyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1979
  2. People v. ColemanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
  3. People v. WolcottCalifornia Supreme Court · 1983
  4. People v. SumstineCalifornia Supreme Court · 1984
  5. People v. AvalosCalifornia Supreme Court · 1984

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. People v. RodriguezCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
  2. United States v. Dell Hester A/K/A Jerry SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1990
  3. People v. CottonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1991
  4. People v. JonesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1990
  5. People v. PenningtonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1989

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