PEOPLE v. SUPERIOR COURT (STANLEY)

Docket No. S.F. 24000.

24 Cal.3d 622 (1979)

596 P.2d 691

156 Cal. Rptr. 626

THE PEOPLE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LASSEN COUNTY, Respondent; JOE CARL STANLEY, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

July 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Evelle J. Younger and George Deukmejian, Attorneys General, Jack R. Winkler and Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Arnold O. Overoye, Assistant Attorney General, Gregory W. Baugher and James Ching, Deputy Attorneys General, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, Ezra Hendon, Chief Assistant State Public Defender, Pardee, Henriques & Hill and Robert K. Hill for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

This court must decide whether the prosecution may petition for a writ of mandate to vacate a trial court order granting an accused's motion for a change of venue.

I

Real party in interest, Joe Carl Stanley, was charged with possession of a sharp instrument while confined in a state prison. (Pen. Code, § 4502.) This offense allegedly occurred on May 9, 1978, at the California Correctional...

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