PEOPLE v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 13052.

19 Cal.App.3d 522 (1971)

97 Cal. Rptr. 118

THE PEOPLE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Respondent; JOHN FREDERICK BIGGS, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

August 23, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Edward A. Hinz, Jr., Daniel J. Kremer and Arnold O. Overoye, Deputy Attorneys General, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Michael S. Sands for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

FRIEDMAN, Acting P.J.

The People seek a writ of prohibition to restrain the superior court from dismissing a narcotics prosecution after the court sustained the People's claim of privilege against harmful disclosure of official information in the files of the state Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement.

The facts will possess heightened significance against the backdrop of...

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