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‘Good Cause’ Isn’t Needed for Suppression-Hearing Delay

The California Supreme Court, anxious to establish the standard for a trial court to utilize in acting on a prosecution motion for the continuance of a suppression hearing in the absence of good cause, but where dismissal looms as the likely prospect without the delay, yesterday affirmed the conviction of a woman for loitering for the purpose of prostitution, a now-abolished misdemeanor, with nothing actually at stake other than a $235 fine.