People v. McGuire

*Supp. 3Opinion

COLE, P. J.

We must determine whether, under the following undisputed facts, defendant made an illegal U-tum in violation of Vehicle Code section 22102.1 Defendant, southbound within a business district, made a left turn, crossed northbound lanes, entered into a driveway on the easterly side of the street, backed up to head northward, then proceeded in a northerly direction and parked at the east curb.

In 1958 the Supreme Court held, in Butigan v. Yellow Cab Co. 49 Cal.2d 652, 656 [320 P.2d 500], that a similar maneuver was not a U-tum in violation of then section 541,2 the…