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GRIFFIN v. MUNICIPAL COURT

Docket No. L.A. 30804.

20 Cal.3d 300 (1977)

571 P.2d 997

142 Cal. Rptr. 286

KENNETH GRIFFIN et al., Petitioners, v. THE MUNICIPAL COURT FOR THE DESERT JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

December 12, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Gary Scherotter, Erwin, Anderholt & Scherotter and David W. Agnew for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Byron C. Morton, District Attorney, and Jeffrey J. Prevost, Deputy District Attorney, for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

We face here the narrow question whether the instant criminal defendants1 may obtain a discovery order directing the prosecutor to produce information relevant to defendants' claim that a certain penal statute is being discriminatorily enforced against them. We conclude that under our decision in Murgia v. Municipal Court (1975) 15 Cal.3d 286

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