PEOPLE v. POWELL

Docket No. 20748.

166 Cal.App.3d Supp. 12 (1985)

212 Cal. Rptr. 454

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CHARLES CORNELIUS POWELL, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Appellate Department, Superior Court, Los. Angeles.

January 24, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Edward L. Horowitz for Defendant and Appellant.

Gary R. Netzer, City Attorney, Jack L. Brown and Greg Wolff, Deputy City Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BERNSTEIN, J.

INTRODUCTION

(1a) The instant case presents the question of the constitutionality of unlimited consecutive sentences for persons convicted of multiple misdemeanors. Appellant argues, inter alia, that because Penal Code section1 1170.12 prohibits the general application of unlimited consecutive sentences

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