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PEOPLE v. TREVINO

Docket No. Crim. 24027.

39 Cal.3d 667 (1985)

704 P.2d 719

217 Cal. Rptr. 652

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JEREMIAH TREVINO, Defendant and Appellant; LEONARD L. RIVAS, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

August 29, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Roger E. Venturi and Anthony L. Dicce, Deputy Attorneys General, William A. Richmond, District Attorney, and Carl M. Faller, Jr., Deputy District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Quin Denvir and Frank O. Bell, Jr., State Public Defenders, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Michael R. Snedeker and Cynthia A. Thomas, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Appellant.

Richard B. Barron, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

REYNOSO, J.

Jeremiah Trevino appeals from a conviction of murder (Pen. Code, § 187).1 The People appeal the dismissal of murder charges against his codefendant, Leonard L. Rivas. The parties raise two separate and distinct claims.

Trevino raises the question whether the term "Spanish surnamed" is sufficiently descriptive of a cognizable group...

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