PEOPLE v. RUTTERSCHMIDT

No. S176213.

55 Cal.4th 650 (2012)

147 Cal. Rptr. 3d 518

286 P.3d 435

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. OLGA RUTTERSCHMIDT et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

October 15, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Goodwin , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant Olga Rutterschmidt.

Roger Jon Diamond and Janyce Keiko Imata Blair , under appointments by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant Helen L. Golay.

Edmund G. Brown, Jr. , and Kamala D. Harris , Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Donald E. DeNicola , Deputy State Solicitor General, Pamela C. Hamanaka and Lance E. Winters , Assistant Attorneys General, Steven D. Matthews , Joseph P. Lee , Lawrence M. Daniels and David E. Madeo , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

W. Scott Thorpe ; and Albert C. Locher , Assistant District Attorney (Sacramento) for California District Attorneys Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.

Dolores A. Carr , District Attorney (San Jose) and John Chase , Deputy District Attorney, for California Association of Crime Laboratory Directors as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

KENNARD, J.

This is the third of three cases before us involving the federal Constitution's right to confront adverse witnesses. (U.S. Const., 6th Amend.) The two companion cases are People v. Lopez (2012) 55 Cal.4th 569, and People v. Dungo (2012) 55 Cal.4th 608.

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