Legal Opinion

People v. Sahagun

California Court of Appeal

Decided January 30, 1979No. Crim. 9953PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*6Opinion

KAUFMAN, J.

The People appeal from an order of the Riverside Superior Court setting aside an indictment. The record discloses numerous errors, not the least of which was the court’s deciding the principal question at issue on the basis of unsworn statements of defense counsel received in camera, outside the presence of the People’s legal representative. Accordingly, the order will be reversed and the case remanded to the trial court for relitigation of the several questions involved in proper proceedings.

On February 22, 1978, the Grand Jury of Riverside County returned an indictment…

2Cases cited32 opinions

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