PEOPLE v. TRIGGS

Docket No. Crim. 16486.

8 Cal.3d 884 (1973)

506 P.2d 232

106 Cal. Rptr. 408

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LEROY TRIGGS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

February 22, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Herbert M. Porter and Barry T. Simons for Defendant and Appellant.

A.L. Wirin, Fred Okrand and Laurence R. Sperber as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Herbert L. Ashby and Edward A. Hinz, Jr., Chief Assistant Attorneys General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, James H. Kline and Douglas B. Noble. Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

WRIGHT, C.J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment (order granting probation) of conviction of oral copulation. (Pen. Code, § 288a.)1 The sole witness at the preliminary hearing was the arresting officer, who testified as to his observations of defendant from a clandestine vantage point. Defendant made timely objection to the admissibility of the officer's testimony. Following denial of his motion...

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