PEOPLE v. LEYBA

Docket No. Crim. 21650.

29 Cal.3d 591 (1981)

629 P.2d 961

174 Cal. Rptr. 867

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MICHAEL PATRICK LEYBA, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

June 25, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John K. Van de Kamp, District Attorney, Donald J. Kaplan and Richard W. Gerry, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Wilbur F. Littlefield, Public Defender, Dennis A. Fischer, Larry S. Beyersdorf and John Hamilton Scott, Deputy Public Defenders, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

THE COURT.*

We granted a hearing in this case to review the propriety of an investigative detention of defendant by police officers. After an independent study of the issues, we have concluded that the thoughtful opinion of Justice Newman (J.M.), assigned to sit with the Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, in this case, correctly treats the issues and that we should adopt it as our own...

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