PEOPLE v. DICKINSON

Docket No. 14450.

59 Cal.App.3d 314 (1976)

130 Cal. Rptr. 561

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. WILLIAM ARTHUR DICKINSON, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

June 21, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Deputy Attorney General, Clifford K. Thompson, Jr., and Ann K. Jensen, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Joseph Giovanazzi for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

BROWN (H.C.), J.

This is an appeal by the People from the dismissal of an action for perjury (Pen. Code, § 118), following the granting of a motion pursuant to Penal Code section 995.

The charge of perjury contained in the information was based upon the allegedly false testimony of defendant in the trial of a civil action in the Superior Court of Contra Costa County entitled Simmons v. Southern Pacific...

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