PEOPLE v. JOHNSON

No. S097600.

1 Cal.Rptr.3d 1 (2003)

30 Cal.4th 1302

71 P.3d 270

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. Jay Shawn JOHNSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

Certiorari Granted in Part December 1, 2003.

Case Dismissed May 3, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Bedrick, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Oakland, for Defendant and Appellant.

Bradley A. Bristow, Sacramento, for California Public Defenders Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Lynne S. Coffin, State Public Defender, Raoul D. Schonemann, Deputy State Public Defender; and Alan L. Schlosser, for Office of the State Public Defender and American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner and Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Ronald A. Bass and Gerald A. Engler, Assistant Attorneys General, Martin S. Kaye, Richard Rochman, Ronald S. Matthias, Catherine A. McBrien, Laurence K. Sullivan and Seth K. Schalit, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


Certiorari Granted in Part December 1, 2003. See 124 S.Ct. 817.

Case Dismissed May 3, 2004. See 124 S.Ct. 1833.

CHIN, J.

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