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PEOPLE v. HILL

Docket No. Crim. 23648.

37 Cal.3d 491 (1984)

691 P.2d 989

209 Cal. Rptr. 323

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. WILLIE LEE HILL, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

December 6, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Robert R. Granucci, Ann K. Jensen and Maria J. Fonseca, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Sheldon Portman, Public Defender, and Barbara B. Fargo, Deputy Public Defender, for Defendant and Respondent.

Wilbur F. Littlefield, Public Defender (Los Angeles), Laurence M. Sarnoff and John Hamilton Scott, Deputy Public Defenders, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

The People appeal from an order of the Santa Clara Superior Court dismissing multiple felony counts against defendant Hill, a state prison inmate, on the ground that he had been denied his federal and state constitutional rights to speedy trial. The People contend this ruling is erroneous because, in seeking to prove that the delay in bringing him to trial prejudiced his...

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