PEOPLE v. HERNANDEZ

No. S178823.

53 Cal.4th 1095 (2012)

139 Cal. Rptr. 3d 606

273 P.3d 1113

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JACOB TOWNLEY HERNANDEZ, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

April 19, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc J. Zilversmit for Defendant and Appellant.

Ann C. Moorman and John T. Philipsborn for California Attorneys for Criminal Justice as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. , and Kamala D. Harris , Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler , Assistant Attorney General, Seth K. Schalit , Laurence K. Sullivan and Amy Haddix , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

WERDEGAR, J.

Defendant Jacob Townley Hernandez (Townley),1 convicted of attempted murder, contends the trial court violated his right to counsel as guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, by barring his attorney from discussing with him the existence or contents of a sealed transcript of a witness's plea agreement proceedings and a sealed declaration executed by the witness...

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