Legal Opinion
Truchon v. Toomey
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 18, 1953No. Civ. 15692PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBray, J.
Petition for writ of mandate to compel the San Francisco Registrar of Voters, to register petitioner to vote.
Question Presented
Does article II, section 1, California Constitution, disfranchise a person who, having been convicted of a felony, has successfully completed his probation, and, under the provisions of section 1203.4 of the Penal Code, has been released from all penalties and disabilities resulting from the crime of which he was convicted?
Facts
Petitioner in 1946 pleaded guilty to violation of section 220, Penal Code (assault with intent to commit rape), a felony. He was admitted to…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Vaughn v. JonasCalifornia Supreme Court · 1948
- Commonwealth v. LockwoodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1872
- In Re PhillipsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
- People v. . FabianNew York Court of Appeals · 1908
- People v. WardCalifornia Supreme Court · 1901
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3Cited by35 opinions
- People v. BanksCalifornia Supreme Court · 1959
- Younger v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
- Stephens v. ToomeyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1959
- People v. HernandezCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1964
- Otsuka v. HiteCalifornia Supreme Court · 1966
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