The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
Shaun STANISTREET, Defendant and Appellant.
The People, Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
Barbara Joyce Atkinson, Defendant and Appellant.
Supreme Court of California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
December 5, 2002.
Certiorari Denied May 5, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Superior Court, Ventura County; John J. Hunter*, Judge.
Andrew Wolf, Ventura, for Defendant and Appellant Shaun Stanistreet.
Steven Warner, Ventura, for Defendant and Appellant Barbara Joyce Atkinson.
ACLU Foundation of Southern California, Daniel P. Tokaji, Mark D. Rosenbaum, Los Angeles; ACLU Foundation of Northern California and Alan L. Schlosser, for Defendants and Appellants.
Douglas E. Mirell and Karen R. Thorland, Century City, for National Association for Citizen Oversight of Law Enforcement and Professor Samuel Walker as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.
Michael D. Bradbury, District Attorney, Michael D. Schwartz and Douglas H. Ridley, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
Lewis, D'Amato, Brisbois & Bisgaard, Joseph Arias and Christopher D. Lockwood, San Bernardino, for City of San Bernardino as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.
Rains, Lucia & Wilkinson and Alison Berry Wilkinson for Peace Officers' Research Association of California Legal Defense Fund as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.
Jones & Mayer, Martin J. Mayer, Long Beach, and Michael R. Capizzi, Santa Ana, for California State Sheriffs Association, California Police Chiefs Association and California Peace Officer's Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.
Supreme Court of California.
Certiorari Denied May 5, 2003. See 123 S.Ct. 1944.
CHIN, J.
Penal Code 1 section 148.6 makes it a misdemeanor to file an allegation of misconduct against a peace officer knowing the allegation to be false. We must decide whether that section violates constitutional free speech rights. Relying primarily on R.A.V. v. St. Paul (1992) 505 U.S. 377, 112 S.Ct. 2538, 120 L.Ed.2d 305 (R.A.V.
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