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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

Docket No. S057534.

17 Cal.4th 148 (1998)

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. REGINALD EUGENE WILLIAMS, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

January 5, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Gil Garcetti, District Attorney, George M. Palmer, Acting Head Deputy District Attorney, Patrick D. Moran and Joseph N. Sorrentino, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Frank Duncan for Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

Penal Code section 1385, subdivision (a) (hereafter Penal Code section 1385(a)), provides in pertinent part: "The judge or magistrate may ... of his or her own motion ..., and in furtherance of justice, order an action to be dismissed. The reasons for the dismissal must be set forth in an order entered upon the minutes...."

In People v. Superior Court (Romero) (1996)

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