Legal Opinion
People v. Peyton
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 16, 2014No. B248767PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
YEGAN, J.
Lamenting the delays associated with the orderly processing of criminal cases, Justice Macklin Fleming explained a popular way for a criminal defendant to avoid, or at least delay, trial: “sidetracking.” He describes this as diverting “the inquiry into a collateral issue. ... In the operation of a railway system to sidetrack a train is to switch it from the main line to a siding. In criminal law to sidetrack a cause is to divert the accusation from the pending issue [(guilt or innocence)] to some other issue, any issue, and then keep the prosecution [or the trial court] so…
2Cases cited54 opinions
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- Bordenkircher v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- United States v. GoodwinSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Williams v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
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3Cited by2 opinions
- People v. Allen CA2/2California Court of Appeal · 2015
- People v. de Comarmond CA2/6California Court of Appeal · 2016