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PEOPLE v. WRIGHT

Docket No. 11889.

249 Cal.App.2d 692 (1967)

57 Cal. Rptr. 781

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JAMES EDWARD WRIGHT, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Five.

March 23, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Levin, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Walter R. Jones, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

KAUS, P.J.

The only question on this appeal is whether a security guard employed by the Los Angeles County General Hospital belongs to the "authorities" who must have advised a suspect of his constitutional rights before an incriminating statement by the suspect may be admitted in evidence. (Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 472 [16 L.Ed.2d 694, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 10 A.L.R.3d...

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