FENWICK & WEST v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. H014344.

43 Cal.App.4th 1272 (1996)

51 Cal. Rptr.2d 294

FENWICK & WEST et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Sixth District.

February 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

McManis, Faulkner & Morgan, Michael Reedy, James McManis and Alan M. Lagod for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

George Kennedy, District Attorney, and Frank Dudley Berry, Jr., Deputy District Attorney, for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

ELIA, Acting P.J.

In this proceeding, petitioners Fenwick & West (Fenwick) and Stanley Chao seek a writ of mandate following the denial of their request for return of property seized from their law offices during a criminal investigation of their client. Petitioners contend: (1) the affidavits on which the search warrants were based were not supported by probable cause; and (2) the search warrants were overbroad. We agree...

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