Legal Opinion
Burgos v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 31, 2012No. Nos. A134928, A135090PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SIMONS, J.
Penal Code section 1050, subdivision (g)(2)1 provides that “ ‘good cause’ ” for continuing a trial in a murder case includes the circumstance that “the prosecuting attorney assigned to the case has another trial, preliminary hearing, or motion to suppress in progress in that court or another court.” In this case, we resolve two unanswered questions regarding that section: Under what circumstances is another trial “in progress,” and may a prosecutor obtain more than one such continuance?
On December 27, 2011, Maria Burgos (petitioner) was arraigned on an information charging…
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