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PEOPLE v. ABRAHAM

Docket No. A033425.

185 Cal.App.3d 1221 (1986)

230 Cal. Rptr. 325

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ARTHUR ROHITH ABRAHAM, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Four.

September 29, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Eugene W. Kaster and John W. Runde, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Frank O. Bell, Jr., State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Michael Pascetta and Theresa B. Doyle, Deputy State Public Defenders, for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

SABRAW, J.

The People appeal from an order dismissing several refiled charges against respondent Arthur Rohith Abraham on the ground that trial thereof would violate respondent's due process right to a speedy trial. The question presented is whether criminal charges that have been dismissed due to the victim's reluctance to proceed can be reinstituted after the victim is murdered by the accused. We answer this question in...

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