PEOPLE v. WATSON

No. S078207.

91 Cal.Rptr.2d 822 (2000)

22 Cal.4th 220

990 P.2d 1031

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Tray Edward WATSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

January 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda J. Zachritz, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Fresno, for Defendant and Appellant.

Daniel E. Lungren and Bill Lockyer, Attorneys General, George Williamson and David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Robert R. Anderson, Assistant Attorney General, Harry Jospeh Colombo and Mark A. Johnson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


CHIN, J.

One March evening in 1997, Bakersfield police officers conducted a vehicle theft "sting" operation. They staged an arrest of a plainclothes police officer driving a black 1980 Chevrolet Monte Carlo that belonged to the police department. The arresting officers activated the emergency lights and siren of their marked patrol car and stopped the Monte Carlo. The Monte Carlo's driver drove into a parking lot and parked. While a group of spectators watched, a...

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