PEOPLE v. FORD

Docket No. Crim. 25361.

45 Cal.3d 431 (1988)

754 P.2d 168

247 Cal. Rptr. 121

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. ERIC FORD, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

May 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Arnold O. Overoye, Assistant Attorney General, W. Scott Thorpe, Eddie T. Keller and Shirley A. Nelson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Catherine Aragon, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

EAGLESON, J.

Subdivision (a) of Evidence Code section 913 states: "If in the instant proceeding or on a prior occasion a privilege is or was exercised not to testify with respect to any matter, or to refuse to disclose or to prevent another from disclosing any matter, neither the presiding officer nor counsel may comment thereon, no presumption shall arise because of the exercise of the privilege, and the trier of fact may...

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