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PEOPLE v. DUNGO

No. S176886.

55 Cal.4th 608 (2012)

147 Cal. Rptr. 3d 527

286 P.3d 442

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. REYNALDO SANTOS DUNGO, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

October 15, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ann Hopkins , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bartell & Hensel, Donald J. Bartell , Lara J. Gressley ; and John N. Aquilina for California DUI Lawyers Association and California Attorneys for Criminal Justice as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. , and Kamala D. Harris , Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell , Assistant Attorney General, David A. Rhodes and Daniel Bernstein , Deputy Attorneys General; James P. Willett , District Attorney, Edward J. Busuttil , Assistant District Attorney, and Ronald J. Freitas , Deputy District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

W. Scott Thorpe ; and Albert C. Locher , Assistant District Attorney (Sacramento) for California District Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Dolores A. Carr , District Attorney (San Jose) and John Chase , Deputy District Attorney, for California Association of Crime Laboratory Directors as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

KENNARD, J. —

The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution grants a criminal defendant the right to confront adverse witnesses. This is the second in a trio of cases before us involving that right. The two companion cases are People v. Lopez (2012) 55 Cal.4th 569, and People v. Rutterschmidt (2012) 55 Cal.4th 650.

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