P. v. Curl

Annotate this Case

Download PDF

Filed 7/8/09 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA THE PEOPLE, ) ) Plaintiff and Respondent, ) ) v. ) ) ROBERT ZANE CURL, ) ) Defendant and Appellant. ) ___________________________________ ) S034072 Fresno County Super. Ct. No. 380748-4 ORDER MODIFYING OPINION THE COURT: The opinion herein, filed on May 18, 2009, appearing at 46 Cal.4th 339, is modified as follows: Footnote 16 on page 360 is modified to read: We deny defendant s request that we judicially notice a report of the 1989-1990 Los Angeles County Grand Jury regarding the involvement of jailhouse informants in the criminal justice system in Los Angeles County. Because defendant failed to establish an adequate foundation that DeSoto was the type of informant covered by the report (by, for example, presenting evidence he was a repeat inmate informant), the report is irrelevant. (Mangini v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (1994) 7 Cal.4th 1057, 1063 [31 Cal.Rptr.2d 358, 875 P.2d 73] [ Although a court may judicially notice a variety of matters (Evid. Code, § 450 et seq.), only relevant material may be noticed. ].) This modification does not affect the judgment.

Some case metadata and case summaries were written with the help of AI, which can produce inaccuracies. You should read the full case before relying on it for legal research purposes.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.