PEOPLE v. FIGUEROA

No. H043204.

11 Cal.App.5th 665 (2017)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. RAFAEL VILLANUEVA FIGUEROA, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

May 9, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laurie Wilmore , under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Respondent.

Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Jeffrey M. Laurence , Assistant Attorney General, Laurence K. Sullivan and Bridget Billeter , Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


OPINION

A criminal defendant and the People have the right to have a preliminary examination (or, preliminary hearing) set "at the earliest possible time." (Pen. Code, § 859b.)1 And as part of the statutory scheme ensuring a defendant's constitutional right to a speedy trial, "...

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