# People v. Castro

> California Court of Appeal · November 2, 1979 · 99 Cal. App. 3d 191

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9727359

## Case

- **Full name:** The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOHN MARTIN CASTRO, Defendant and Appellant
- **Court:** California Court of Appeal
- **Decided:** November 2, 1979
- **Citations:** 99 Cal. App. 3d 191; 160 Cal. Rptr. 156; 1979 Cal. App. LEXIS 2497
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Newsom
- **Judges:** Kelly, Newsom
- **Cited by:** 11 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## Opinion text

NEWSOM, J.
I concur in the majority’s opinion, but feel compelled to add that the manipulation of an addict-informer to effect $10 accommodation purchases from fellow “junkies,” is an even more unwholesome enterprise than the crime it attempts to suppress.
Appellant’s petitions for a hearing by the Supreme Court were denied January 3, 1980.

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