# People v. McKinnon

> California Supreme Court · September 13, 1972 · 7 Cal. 3d 899

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9793978

## Case

- **Full name:** The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. LLOYD GEORGE McKINNON Et Al., Defendants and Respondents
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** September 13, 1972
- **Citations:** 7 Cal. 3d 899; 103 Cal. Rptr. 897; 500 P.2d 1097; 1972 Cal. LEXIS 233
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Sullivan
- **Judges:** Mosk, Peters, Sullivan
- **Cited by:** 94 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

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## Opinion text

SULLIVAN, J.
I join in Parts I and III of Justice Peters’ dissenting opinion. I would therefore affirm the orders appealed from.

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