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FONTAINE v. CALIFORNIA

No. 854, Misc.

390 U.S. 593 (1968)

FONTAINE v. CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 8, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General of California, and Derald E. Granberg and Louise H. Renne, Deputy Attorneys General, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

The petitioner allegedly made two sales of marihuana to an informer in June and July 1963. He was not indicted until mid-October 1963. According to the State, the delay was due to the State's desire to use the informer in other narcotics cases. By the time the case came to trial, the informer had disappeared. Evidence as to the alleged purchases from petitioner consisted of taped telephone conversations which...

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