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PEOPLE v. SIMS

Docket No. Crim. 22265.

32 Cal.3d 468 (1982)

651 P.2d 321

186 Cal. Rptr. 77

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JUNE LEORA LOPES SIMS, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

September 27, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien and William D. Stein, Assistant Attorneys General, Gloria F. DeHart and Thomas A. Brady, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Juliana Drous, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Respondent.

Alan Lieberman, Stephen Nielson, Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, and Paul D. Fogel, Deputy State Public Defender, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

This case presents questions that arise when a welfare recipient who has been exonerated of fraud charges in an administrative hearing conducted by the Department of Social Services is subsequently prosecuted in a criminal proceeding for the same alleged misconduct. The most significant issue is whether the doctrine of collateral estoppel bars the prosecution from relitigating...

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