PEOPLE v. LAWSON

Docket No. 18752.

94 Cal.App.3d 194 (1979)

156 Cal. Rptr. 226

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. CHARLES LAWSON, Defendant and Respondent.

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

May 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

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

James C. Hooley, Public Defender, and Scott Spear, Assistant Public Defender, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

CALDECOTT, P.J.

Respondent Charles Lawson (hereinafter defendant) was charged by information filed June 28, 1978, with transporting, selling, furnishing and giving away heroin (Health & Saf. Code, § 11352) on October 6, 1976. The weight of the heroin was alleged to have exceeded one-half ounce.

On July 7, 1978, defendant moved to dismiss the action on the ground that as a result of the delay in bringing him...

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