Wagner

People v. Wagner

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175 Cal. App. 4th 1377·96 Cal. Rptr. 3d 850
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJuly 21, 2009E047167California7,141 words

Opinion

Opinion

RICHLI, Acting P.J.—

This is an appeal by the People from the dismissal of the case against defendant Tony Robin Wagner pursuant to Penal Code section 1382 [1] because the trial court found there were no courtrooms available to hear the last-day case in a timely manner, and there was not good cause to continue the case.

The People contend on appeal that the trial court, pursuant to section 1050, subdivision (a), should have given precedence to the instant case over civil cases, including family, probate, and general civil cases being heard in Riverside County, and the trial court abused its discretion by refusing to continue the case beyond the time limit set forth in section 1382.

(1) We will conclude the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the requested continuance after finding no courtroom available in which to try the matter and that dismissal of the matter was not error.

On March 23, 2006, the People filed a felony complaint against defendant charging him with one count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm (§ 245, subd. (b)). Defendant was also charged with allegations that he personally used a firearm (§ 12022.5, subd. (a)) and inflicted great bodily…

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