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Witherspoon v. Superior Court

California Court of Appeal

Decided June 23, 1982No. Civ. 64290PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*26Opinion

COMPTON, Acting P. J.

Proceedings in mandamus to compel the Superior Court of Los Angeles County to hold a pretrial evidentiary hearing as a prelude to admitting certain evidence in a criminal trial. We grant the petition.

Gary Witherspoon (defendant) is awaiting trial on an information filed in Superior Court of Los Angeles County in which he is charged with eight counts of armed robbery.

In a properly noticed motion pursuant to Evidence Code section 402, he requested a pretrial determination of the admissibility of a confession alleged to have been made by him. In connection with that…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
  2. People v. CarterCalifornia Supreme Court · 1957
  3. People v. GorshenCalifornia Supreme Court · 1959
  4. People v. JonesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1959
  5. People v. JonesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1954

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. People v. HarrisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1989
  2. People v. WilkinsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 2004
  3. Long Beach City Employees Assn. v. City of Long BeachCalifornia Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Arden v. State BarCalifornia Supreme Court · 1987
  5. People v. DellingerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1984

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