What is the rule of People v Cummings v Cummings?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Merritt, 2 Cal.5th 819, 216 Cal.Rptr.3d 265, 392 P.3d 421 (Cal. 2017):

For these reasons, we conclude that the rule of People v. Cummings , supra , 4 Cal.4th 1233, 1311-1315, 18 Cal.Rptr.2d 796, 850 P.2d 1, has no continuing validity. The error of

[392 P.3d 429]

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