THOMAS PAUL WHITMAN, Petitioner,
v.
THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.
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December 9, 1991.
December 9, 1991.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
COUNSEL
Stuart Rappaport, Public Defender, Susan R. Bernardini and Barbara B. Fargo, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner.
Wilbur F. Littlefield, Public Defender (Los Angeles), Laurence M. Sarnoff and Albert J. Menaster, Deputy Public Defenders, Gary M. Madinach and Madeline McDowell as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.
No Appearance for Respondent.
Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, John H. Sugiyama, Assistant Attorney General, Clifford K. Thompson, Jr., Laurence K. Sullivan and Joan Killeen Haller, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party In Interest.
Dennis Kottmeier, District Attorney (San Bernadino), Joseph A. Burns, Deputy District Attorney, Kent S. Scheidegger and Charles L. Hobson as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.
Supreme Court of California.
OPINION
LUCAS, C.J.
In this case, we resolve some issues presented by the adoption in June 1990 of an initiative measure designated on the ballot as Proposition 115 and entitled the "Crime Victims Justice Reform Act." Petitioner herein raises various challenges under the federal and state Constitutions to the provisions of the measure that authorize the admission of hearsay evidence at...
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