Trial court’s conviction of defendant for DUI and related crimes is affirmed where: 1) the trial court had proper jurisdiction to enter judgment against the defendant; and 2) Penal Code section 1387(a) does not apply to bar the continuation of this case as a misdemeanor prosecution.     

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Appellate Information

Filed January 26, 2010

Judges

Opinion by Judge Ramirez

For Appellant:   Kennedy & Roe, Michael J. Kennedy

For Appellee:   Edmund G. Brown, Jr., Attorney General, Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Steve Oetting and Meredith A. Strong, Deputy Attorneys General

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