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PEOPLE v. SUPERIOR COURT (LEVY)

Docket No. S.F. 23507.

18 Cal.3d 248 (1976)

555 P.2d 633

133 Cal. Rptr. 624

THE PEOPLE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Respondent; ALBERT TYRONE LEVY, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

October 29, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Arnold O. Overoye, Assistant Attorney General, Willard F. Jones and Jane Kirkland Fischer, Deputy Attorneys General, for Petitioner.

James M. Cramer, District Attorney (San Bernardino), and Joseph A. Burns, Deputy District Attorney, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

J. Scott Buchanan, Jerome S. Stanley and Christopher H. Wing as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent.

Kenneth M. Wells, Public Defender, and Betty Rocker, Assistant Public Defender, for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

CLARK, J.

The People petition for writ of mandate to compel respondent superior court to vacate its order directing them to disclose the identity of a confidential informant. The petition is denied on the ground that mandate is not available for this purpose.

The facts adduced in support of the motion to compel disclosure of the informant were as follows:

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