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JONES v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. L.A. 29770.

3 Cal.3d 734 (1970)

478 P.2d 10

91 Cal. Rptr. 578

GUY JONES, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 28, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard S. Buckley, Public Defender, James L. McCormick, Keith Johns, G. Keith Wisot and Harold E. Shabo, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Evelle J. Younger and Joseph P. Busch, Jr., District Attorneys, Harry Wood and Robert J. Lord, Deputy District Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

WRIGHT, C.J.

Petitioner seeks a writ of mandate to compel the respondent court to dismiss an information charging him with sale of heroin (Health & Saf. Code, § 11501), or, in the alternative, a writ of prohibition to prevent respondent court from proceeding with the prosecution. Petitioner moved to dismiss the information on the grounds that he had been denied his right to a speedy trial and that further prosecution...

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