California Court of Appeal

Though the trial court erred in permitting evidence that defendant had been identified in a canine scent identification lineup without first holding a hearing, under People v. Kelly (1976) 17 Cal.3d 24, the error was harmless.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/18/2003
• Published 07/18/2003

Judges

•  MALLANO, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Robert E. Boyce, San Diego, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, and Boyce & Schaefer for Defendant and Appellant Jeffrey Dewayne Mitchell., Kathy M. Chavez, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant Robert Jimmie Rogers., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Linda C. Johnson, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, and Scott A. Taryle, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.