JONATHAN WAYNE TRACY, Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
THE MUNICIPAL COURT FOR THE GLENDALE JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Defendant and Appellant; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest and Appellant. GARY DONALD LOISEAU, Plaintiff and Respondent,
v.
THE MUNICIPAL COURT FOR THE CITRUS JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Defendant and Appellant; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest and Appellant.
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December 14, 1978.
December 14, 1978.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
COUNSEL
John H. Larson, County Counsel, and David B. Kelsey, Deputy County Counsel, for Defendants and Appellants.
John K. Van de Kamp, District Attorney, Harry B. Sondheim, Donald J. Kaplan and George M. Palmer, Deputy District Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest and Appellant.
Wilbur F. Littlefield, Public Defender, Harold E. Shabo, Anita S. Brenner and Dennis A. Fischer, Deputy Public Defenders, for Plaintiffs and Respondents.
Harry V. Lehmann, Peter M. Weil and Fred Okrand as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.
Supreme Court of California.
OPINION
MANUEL, J.
(1a) In these consolidated appeals we must decide whether indigent defendants charged with possession of less than an ounce of marijuana (Health & Saf. Code, § 11357, subd. (b)) are entitled to the assistance of appointed counsel and to trial by jury. In separate mandate proceedings the superior court held that such defendants are entitled to those rights on the ground that the offense is a...
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