PEOPLE v. SUPERIOR COURT (GOOD)

Docket No. L.A. 30610.

17 Cal.3d 732 (1976)

552 P.2d 760

131 Cal. Rptr. 800

THE PEOPLE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF VENTURA COUNTY, Respondent; STEPHEN F. GOOD, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

August 10, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

C. Stanley Trom, District Attorney, and O. Guy Frick, Deputy District Attorney, for Petitioner.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, E. Clement Shute, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Herschel T. Elkins and Michael R. Botwin, Deputy Attorneys General, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Heily, Blase, Ellison & Wellcome, Edward L. Lascher and Wendy Cole Wilner for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

CLARK, J.

The Ventura County Grand Jury indicted a number of persons and corporations on criminal charges arising from an alleged investment fraud involving the sale of oil drilling contracts. The district attorney filed a civil complaint on the same day.

Two days later, real party in interest, Stephen F. Good and a purported class comprised of defrauded investors, commenced a separate action against the same defendants...

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