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PEOPLE v. CHAVEZ

No. S238929.

4 Cal.5th 771 (2018)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. LORENZO CHAVEZ, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

April 26, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew A. Siroka , under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra , Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette and Gerald A. Engler , Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Michael P. Farrell , Assistant Attorney General, Eric L. Christoffersen , Janet Neeley , David Andrew Eldridge and Robert C. Nash , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

A trial court has broad power to dismiss an action against a criminal defendant in "furtherance of justice" under Penal Code section 1385.1 (§ 1385, subd. (a) ["The judge or magistrate may ... in furtherance of justice, order an action to be dismissed."].) A somewhat different...

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