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PEOPLE v. PEYTON

No. B248767.

229 Cal.App.4th 1063 (2014)

177 Cal. Rptr. 3d 823

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LEE EDWARD PEYTON, Defendant and Appellant.

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

September 16, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon M. Jones , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters , Assistant Attorney General, Victoria B. Wilson and Erika D. Jackson , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

YEGAN, J.—

Lamenting the delays associated with the orderly processing of criminal cases, Justice Macklin Fleming explained a popular way for a criminal defendant to avoid, or at least delay, trial: "sidetracking." He describes this as diverting "the inquiry into a collateral issue.... In the operation of a railway system to sidetrack a train is to switch it from the main line to a siding. In criminal law to sidetrack a cause...

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