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PEOPLE v. STEVENSON

Docket No. B097213.

51 Cal.App.4th 1234 (1996)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JEFFREY ANDRE STEVENSON, Defendant and Appellant.

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

December 23, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Brett Harding Duxbury, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Carol Wendelin Pollack, Assistant Attorney General, Kenneth C. Byrne and David Andrew Eldridge, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]

OPINION

BARON, J.

In this case we hold that the police may ask questions of an arrestee which are prompted by a concern that the arrestee's life is in danger as a result of a possible overdose of narcotics without first advising the arrestee of his Miranda rights.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL SUMMARY

Deputy Sheriff Richard Schlegel...

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