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DRUMGO v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 22953.

8 Cal.3d 930 (1973)

506 P.2d 1007

106 Cal. Rptr. 631

FLEETA DRUMGO, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF MARIN COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 5, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richard H. Breiner for Petitioner.

Ben Margolis, William B. Murrish, Charles C. Marson, Peter E. Sheehan, Floyd J. Silliman, William Bennett Turner, Julian J. Fowles, William R. Higham, Public Defender (Contra Costa), John E. Thorne, Gordon Gaines, Peter Tague, Arthur W. Simon, Mario Obledo and Alfred H. Sigman as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Edward A. Hinz, Jr., and Herbert L. Ashby, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, William E. James, and Doris H. Maier, Assistant Attorneys General, Joyce F. Nedde, Derald E. Granberg and Herbert F. Wilkinson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

WRIGHT, C.J.

Fleeta Drumgo petitions for a writ of prohibition to restrain further proceedings in a pending criminal action wherein he is charged with multiple offenses and for a writ of mandate compelling the respondent court to vacate its order denying his motion to relieve his appointed counsel and to appoint as assigned counsel an attorney personally selected by petitioner.

Petitioner, an inmate at San Quentin...

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