PEOPLE v. HOLFORD

Docket No. Crim. 8724.

63 Cal.2d 74 (1965)

403 P.2d 423

45 Cal. Rptr. 167

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ROBERT LEE HOLFORD, Defendants and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 28, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Levy, DeRoy, Geffner, Koszdin & Glow and Richard J. Cantrell for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk and Thomas C. Lynch, Attorneys General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and H. Warren Siegel, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


TOBRINER, J.

In reversing defendant's conviction for violation of section 20001 of the Vehicle Code, which condemns as a felony the failure of a driver of a vehicle in an accident resulting in an injury to another person to stop, render aid and leave his identification,1 we discuss three issues. First, we hold that the admission of defendant's incriminating statements constituted a violation of his right to counsel under People...

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