Legal Opinion
People v. Connolly
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 13, 1973No. Crim. 5847PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
THE COURT.
Convicted by a jury of receiving stolen property (Pen. Code, § 496), defendant moved for a new trial on the ground he had been denied due" process because the court had proceeded with the trial in his absence. His motion was denied and he was sentenced to state prison for the term prescribed by law.
Facts
On April 12, 1972, a 1965 Chevrolet Corvair automobile (license No. NRW-120) belonging to Mr. Harvey Donnells was stolen near his place of employment in Riverside. Several months later on June 23, 1972, Mr. Donnells happened to see a Corvair on defendant’s lawn which looked…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Diaz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Milton Cureton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- People v. WhiteCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1971
- William Ross Phillips v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- People v. AndersonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1970
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3Cited by39 opinions
- State v. ElliottSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- Kimes v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
- People v. ConcepcionCalifornia Supreme Court · 2008
- People v. MalloyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1974
- People v. GutierrezCalifornia Supreme Court · 2003
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