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PEOPLE v. STITTSWORTH

Docket No. A045410.

218 Cal.App.3d 837 (1990)

267 Cal. Rptr. 280

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ADELE N. STITTSWORTH, Defendant and Appellant.

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

March 12, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

William D. Farber for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Richard B. Iglehart, Chief Assistant Attorney General, John H. Sugiyama, Assistant Attorney General, Herbert F. Wilkinson and David D. Salmon, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

PERLEY, J.

In this case we hold that a misdemeanor conviction may not be appealed on statutory speedy trial grounds where the defendant is originally held to answer on felony charges, and then pleads no contest to a misdemeanor in return for dismissal of the felonies pursuant to a plea bargain.

I. FACTS

On March 24, 1986, appellant was held to answer in the...

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