PEOPLE v. LESSIE

No. S163453.

47 Cal.4th 1152 (2010)

104 Cal. Rptr. 3d 131

223 P.3d 3

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. TONY LESSIE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

January 28, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elisa A. Brandes, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Rourke F. Stacy, Deputy Public Defender (Los Angeles), Sherry Gold, Alternate Public Defender; Ji Seon Song; Michael McMahon; and Jonathan Laba for Los Angeles County Public Defender, Los Angeles County Alternate Public Defender, National Juvenile Defender Center, California Public Defenders Association and Pacific Juvenile Defender Center as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Ronald Jakob, Steven T. Oetting and Jennifer A. Jadovitz, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

WERDEGAR, J.

We granted review to reexamine People v. Burton (1971) 6 Cal.3d 375 [99 Cal.Rptr. 1, 491 P.2d 793] (Burton), in which this court fashioned a special rule to govern the application of Miranda v. Arizona (1966) 384 U.S. 436 [16 L.Ed.2d 694, 86 S.Ct. 1602...

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