PEOPLE v. COMPTON

Docket Nos. Crim. 15654, 15655.

6 Cal.3d 55 (1971)

490 P.2d 537

98 Cal. Rptr. 217

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BILLY J. COMPTON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 16, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard E. Erwin, Public Defender, and Donald G. Griffin, Deputy Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Rodney Lilyquist, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

MOSK, J.

The sole issue on this appeal is whether the trial below was barred by the constitutional prohibition against placing the defendant twice in jeopardy for the same offense. (Cal. Const., art. I, § 13.) We conclude that the plea of double jeopardy was valid pursuant to our decision in Curry v. Superior Court (1970) 2 Cal.3d 707 [87 Cal.Rptr...

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