PEOPLE v. WHEELER

Docket No. S021961.

4 Cal.4th 284 (1992)

841 P.2d 938

14 Cal. Rptr.2d 418

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JENNIFER WHEELER, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

December 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Quin Denvir, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Judith Rochlin, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Kenneth I. Clayman, Public Defender (Ventura) and Neil B. Quinn, Deputy Public Defender, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp and Daniel E. Lungren, Attorneys General, Richard B. Iglehart and George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Edward T. Fogel, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Carol Wendelin Pollack, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Richard B. Cullather, Donald E. de Nicola and Joan Comparet, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BAXTER, J.

After a jury trial, defendant was convicted of sale of cocaine. (Health & Saf. Code, § 11352.) The Court of Appeal affirmed. We granted review to decide how Proposition 8's "Truth-in-Evidence" amendment to the Constitution (Cal. Const., art. I, § 28, subd. (d) (hereafter section 28(d)) affects the statutory rule (Evid. Code, §§ 787, 788) that felony...

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