PEOPLE v. BENSON

Docket No. 14315.

64 Cal.App.3d 10 (1976)

134 Cal. Rptr. 766

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. WILLIE BENSON, Defendant and Respondent.

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

September 15, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Burt Pines, City Attorney, and Sherman W. Smith, Jr., Deputy City Attorney, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Wilbur F. Littlefield, Public Defender, Harold E. Shabo, David Follin and G. Keith Wisot, Deputy Public Defenders, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

ALARCON, J.

This is an appeal by the People from the judge's order dismissing an action under Penal Code section 1385 after it was revealed that the results of defendant's urinalysis could not be located for trial.

PERTINENT FACTS

Defendant was arrested on December 12, 1975, for violation of Health and Safety Code section 11550 (under the influence of a controlled...

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