PEOPLE v. SCOTT

No. A086057.

90 Cal.Rptr.2d 435 (1999)

76 Cal.App.4th 411

The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. Reginald Dennis SCOTT, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

November 23, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Bass, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Rene A. Chacon, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Juliet B. Haley, Deputy Attorney General, for Appellant.

David Coleman III, Contra Costa County Public Defender, Laurie Mont, Deputy Public Defender, for Respondent.


HAERLE, J.

I. INTRODUCTION

This is an appeal by the Attorney General from a dismissal of an information charging felony drunk driving. The appeal implicates the application of the corpus delicti rule. We reverse and remand.

II. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

At approximately 10:30 p.m. on October 3, 1997, California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer Steven Barruel was dispatched to the intersection of Bethel Island Road and Willow Road West...

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