PEOPLE v. SCHMIES

Docket No. C017392.

44 Cal.App.4th 38 (1996)

51 Cal. Rptr.2d 185

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CLAUDE ALEX SCHMIES, Defendant and Appellant. THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff, v. CLAUDE ALEX SCHMIES, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

March 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

K. Douglas Cummings, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant and for Defendant.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, Clayton S. Tanaka and David A. Rhodes, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent and for Plaintiff.


[Opinion certified for partial publication.*]

OPINION

SPARKS, Acting P.J.

In this case we consider the question of causation in a criminal case involving police pursuit of a fleeing motorist. The principal question relates to the admissibility of evidence concerning the reasonableness of the pursuing officers' conduct.

Defendant Claude Alex...

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