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PEOPLE v. SMITH

Docket No. Crim. 22273.

34 Cal.3d 251 (1983)

667 P.2d 149

193 Cal. Rptr. 692

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. KEVIN LEROY SMITH, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

August 8, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John M. Bishop, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, Alice V. Collins, Harriet Wiss Hirsch and Jean R. Sternberg, Deputy State Public Defenders, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

George Deukmejian and John K. Van de Kamp, Attorneys General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, William D. Stein and Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorneys General, Ronald E. Niver, David D. Salmon and John W. Runde, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Christopher N. Heard as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

Defendant appeals from a judgment convicting him of one count of robbery. He principally contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress his confession on the ground that it was obtained in violation of the privilege against self-incrimination guaranteed by article I, section 15, of the California Constitution. As will appear, we conclude that the contention is meritorious and the judgment must...

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