Leung

People v. Leung

Bad Law
1992 Cal. App. LEXIS 478·5 Cal. App. 4th 482·7 Cal. Rptr. 2d 290·92 Daily Journal DAR 4933·92 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 3139
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaApril 9, 1992H007885California19,091 words

Opinion

Concurring Opinion

Premo, J.

I concur in the majority opinion in all respects, with the exception that under Discussion, section A, subtitled “Challenge to Code of Civil Procedure section 223,” I concur in the result only. I would base my holding on the reasoning expressed in People v. Boulerice, ante, page 463 [ 7 Cal.Rptr.2d 279 ], filed simultaneously with this opinion.

Appellants’ petition for review by the Supreme Court was denied June 18, 1992.

Lead Opinion

Capaccioli, J.

Defendants were convicted of robbery, attempted robbery and false imprisonment. Weapons and arming enhancements were found true. On appeal they argue that (1) the restriction on jury voir dire embodied in Code of Civil Procedure section 223 arbitrarily distinguishes between criminal and civil proceedings in violation of criminal litigants’ right to equal protection under the law, (2) a prearrest photographic identification procedure was unduly suggestive and it was prejudicial error to admit evidence of this photographic identification at trial, (3) there were sentencing errors, (4) there were clerical errors and (5) defendant Chan asserts that the court should have issued a judicial recommendation against deportation. For the reasons expressed below, we affirm the judgments and order modification of the abstracts of judgment to correct clerical errors.

Facts

On December 30, 1989, at 1:30 a.m. a man carrying an iron pipe entered the upstairs of the Miyake Restaurant. This man was defendant Jeffrey Leung. Jeffrey approached Akira Nakamura and Kikuo Tsujimoto (hereinafter Kikuo) and told them to hand over all the money. He forced them to go into the interior of the…

Opinion

CAPACCIOLI, Acting P.J.

Defendants were convicted of robbery, attempted robbery and false imprisonment. Weapons and arming enhancements were found true. On appeal they argue that (1) the restriction on jury voir dire embodied in Code of Civil Procedure section 223 arbitrarily distinguishes between criminal and civil proceedings in violation of criminal litigants' right to equal protection under the law, (2) a prearrest photographic identification procedure was unduly suggestive and it was prejudicial error to admit evidence of this photographic identification at trial, (3) there were sentencing errors, (4) there were clerical errors and (5) defendant Chan asserts that the court should have issued a judicial recommendation against deportation. For the reasons expressed below, we affirm the judgments and order modification of the abstracts of judgment to correct clerical errors.

On December 30, 1989, at 1:30 a.m. a man carrying an iron pipe entered the upstairs of the Miyake Restaurant. This man was defendant Jeffrey Leung. Jeffrey approached Akira Nakamura and Kikuo Tsujimoto (hereinafter Kikuo) and told them to hand over all the money. He forced them to go into the…

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