People v. Michael L.

Opinion

THE COURT.

Michael L., a minor, appeals from an order adjudging him to be a ward of the state under section 602 of the Welfare and Institutions Code and committing him to the California Youth Authority upon a finding that he had perpetrated a robbery. We must decide whether testimony identifying appellant as the perpetrator of the robbery in question should have been excluded at trial because police failed to seize from a private party the now erased videotape that enabled the witnesses to make their identifications. We conclude that the testimony was admissible.

Background

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