ALLEN v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 23399.

18 Cal.3d 520 (1976)

557 P.2d 65

134 Cal. Rptr. 774

CHARLES ALLEN, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party In Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

December 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James C. Hooley, Public Defender, Gary N. Wood and Michael G. Gordon, Assistant Public Defenders, for Petitioner.

Engel & Warner and R. Jay Engel as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, Derald E. Granberg, Timothy A. Reardon and Robert R. Granucci, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent and for Real Party in Interest.

Edwin L. Miller, Jr., District Attorney (San Diego), and Peter C. Lehman, Deputy District Attorney, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

WRIGHT, C.J.

Charles Allen seeks a writ of prohibition to restrain respondent court from enforcing an order compelling disclosure of the names of prospective defense witnesses in criminal proceedings pending against him. On the day set for commencement of petitioner's trial respondent court on its own motion ordered both the People and petitioner to disclose the names of their prospective witnesses. The court intended that...

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