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PEOPLE v. JACINTO

No. S164011.

49 Cal.4th 263 (2010)

109 Cal. Rptr. 3d 610

231 P.3d 341

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ARMANDO MONTER JACINTO, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

May 27, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Assistant Attorney General, Donald E. de Nicola, Deputy State Solicitor General, Laurence K. Sullivan, Stan Helfman and Amy Haddix, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Stephanie Clark, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

WERDEGAR, J.—

In the circumstances of this case, did the deportation of the sole witness favorable to the defense violate defendant's federal and state constitutional rights to the compulsory attendance of witnesses in his favor? Reversing the trial court, the Court of Appeal held it did not. We affirm.

FACTS1

On May 12, 2006, Eric Garcia and victim Victor Retana went to a...

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