# People v. Collins

> California Supreme Court · May 3, 1978 · 21 Cal. 3d 208

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9572287

## Case

- **Full name:** The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. MICHAEL JAY COLLINS, Defendant and Appellant
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** May 3, 1978
- **Citations:** 21 Cal. 3d 208; 145 Cal. Rptr. 686; 577 P.2d 1026; 1978 Cal. LEXIS 223
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Clark
- **Judges:** Mosk, Clark
- **Cited by:** 184 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- **Yellow flag:** Questioned by People v. Brown, 193 Cal. App. 3d 957 (1987).
- Negative treatments: 2
- Distinguished by: 4
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9572287

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding repeal of criminal statute requires 20 dismissal of pending criminal proceedings charging such conduct

## Opinion text

CLARK, J.
I dissent from reversal of the judgment, and from part I of the majority opinion, for the reasons expressed in my dissenting opinion in People v. Rossi (1976) 18 Cal.3d 295, 304-307 [ 134 Cal.Rptr. 64 , 555 P.2d 1313 ].
Bird, C. J., concurred.

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