Legal Opinion
People v. Houston
California Supreme Court
Decided October 2, 1986No. Crim. 23713PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GRODIN, J.
On the basis of his confession and the transcript of his preliminary hearing, defendant was convicted in a court trial of selling cocaine (Health & Saf. Code, § 11352) and conspiracy to sell cocaine (Pen. Code, § 182). He was placed on probation with a condition that he serve nine months in jail. He urges that his confession should not have been admitted, even though he waived his Miranda rights,1 because the police *600thereafter held him incommunicado, deliberately keeping him ignorant that a lawyer retained by friends to assist him was at the police station attempting to…
2Cases cited58 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Edwards v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by39 opinions
- State v. StephensonTennessee Supreme Court · 1994
- People v. JohnsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1992
- Raven v. DeukmejianCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
- People v. MattsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
- State v. StoddardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
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