PEOPLE v. MEZA

No. B226327.

198 Cal.App.4th 468 (2011)

129 Cal. Rptr. 3d 314

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. JUAN MEZA, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

August 16, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory D. Totten , District Attorney, and Michael D. Schwartz , Assistant District Attorney, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Stephen P. Lipson , Public Defender, Michael C. McMahon , Chief Deputy Public Defender, and Kenneth Hamilton , Deputy Public Defender, for Defendant and Respondent.


OPINION

PERREN, J.

Penal Code section 995a, subdivision (b)(1)1 gives trial courts discretion to deny a motion to set aside an information under section 995 when the motion is based on "minor errors of omission, ambiguity, or technical defect which can be expeditiously cured or corrected without a rehearing of a substantial portion of the evidence." In this case, the People invoked section 995a in opposing...

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