Supreme Court of California

In a prosecution of defendant for murder, court of appeal's reversal of trial court's decision granting defendant's motion to dismiss the charges is affirmed as, under the circumstances of this case, the deportation of a sole witness favorable to the defense did not violate defendant's federal and state constitutional rights to the compulsory attendance of witnesses in his favor.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/27/2010
• Published 05/27/2010

Judges

• WERDEGAR, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Assistant Attorney General, Donald E. de Nicola, Deputy State Solicitor General, Laurence K. Sullivan, Stan Helfman and Amy Haddix, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephanie Clark, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Respondent.