1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Cal.3d
  4. 37 Cal.3d
  5. 37 Cal.3d 784 (1985)
 

PEOPLE v. COURTS

Docket No. Crim. 23590.

37 Cal.3d 784 (1985)

693 P.2d 778

210 Cal. Rptr. 193

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. PHILIP COURTS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

January 24, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Sharon Quinn, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Eddie T. Keller, Lisa Lewis Dubois and Janice Rogers Brown, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

This court must determine whether the trial court abused its discretion when it refused to grant the accused a continuance to permit him to be represented by an attorney he retained approximately one week before trial.

I.

Appellant, Philip Courts, was charged by information with murder and use of a firearm. (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 12022.5.1) On July 19, 1982,...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases