PEOPLE v. LEACH

Docket No. Crim. 18361.

15 Cal.3d 419 (1975)

541 P.2d 296

124 Cal. Rptr. 752

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DONALD ROBIN LEACH et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 23, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard H. Levin and John J. Schimmenti, under appointments by the Supreme Court, for Defendants and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, S. Clark Moore, Assistant Attorney General, Norman H. Sokolow and Howard J. Schwab, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Joseph P. Busch, District Attorney, Harry B. Sondheim and Daniel L. Bershin, Deputy District Attorneys, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

WRIGHT, C.J.

(1) We hold herein that if hearsay evidence of the declarations of coconspirators uttered after the attainment or abandonment of the principal objective of a conspiracy is to be admitted for the truth of the matters asserted on the ground that the declarations were made during and in furtherance of a "continuing" conspiracy, there must be adduced otherwise admissible evidence which is sufficient to...

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