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PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

Docket No. 12725.

62 Cal.App.3d 1 (1976)

133 Cal. Rptr. 123

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ANNE RENE JOHNSON et al., Defendants and Respondents. [And 4 other cases.]

Court of Appeals of California, Appellate Department, Superior Court, Los Angeles.

August 3, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Burt Pines, City Attorney, Ward G. McConnell, Mark L. Brown and Peter Alan Ross, Deputy City Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Jaffe & Jaffe, Jay Jaffe, David A. Elden, Wilbur F. Littlefield, Public Defender, Harold E. Shabo, Saul M. Ferster, G. Keith Wisot, Richard Lastings, H. Reed Webb, Steven Hauser and Martin Stein, Deputy Public Defenders, for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

COLE, J.

The question in each of these cases is whether governmental conduct so misled the defendant as to prevent him or her from securing evidence potentially favorable to the defense, thereby depriving the defendant of the opportunity for a fair trial. In each matter the trial court thought that such was the situation and, acting under one or another of various legal theories, dismissed the action. The People appeal in...

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