GARDNER v. APPELLATE DIVISION OF SUPERIOR COURT

No. S246214.

6 Cal.5th 998 (2019)

CHRISTOPHER GARDNER, as Public Defender, etc., Petitioner, v. APPELLATE DIVISION OF THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

March 28, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phyllis K. Morris and Christopher Gardner, Public Defenders, and Stephan J. Willms , Deputy Public Defender, for Petitioner.

Steven Harmon , Public Defender (Riverside), and Laura Arnold , Deputy Public Defender, for Law Offices of the Public Defender, County of Riverside and California Public Defenders Association as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

O'Melveny & Myers, Brett J. Williamson and Ryan W. Rutledge for the Innocence Project, the California Innocence Project, the Project for the Innocent at Loyola Law School, the Northern California Innocence Project, the University of San Francisco Criminal & Juvenile Justice Clinic, the American University Washington College of Law Criminal Justice Clinic, Professor Lara Bazelon and Professor Jenny Roberts as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Robert L. Driessen for Respondent.

No appearance for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

With the help of court-appointed counsel, a criminal defendant facing misdemeanor charges filed a successful motion to suppress the prosecution's evidence against her. The prosecution appealed. The question is whether defendant is entitled to the help of appointed...

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