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SIMMONS v. MUNICIPAL COURT

Docket Nos. 48617, 48682, 20753, 20767, 20781.

109 Cal.App.3d 15 (1980)

166 Cal. Rptr. 556

MAURICE L. SIMMONS, Petitioner, v. THE MUNICIPAL COURT FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest. MICHAEL ARMSTRONG, Petitioner, v. THE MUNICIPAL COURT FOR THE SAN FRANCISCO JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest. In re DORIS SIMMONS on Habeas Corpus. In re VERNON DENNIS on Habeas Corpus. In re TINA FREEMAN on Habeas Corpus.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

July 17, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Jeff Brown, Public Defender, Peter G. Keane, Chief Attorney, Gordon H. Armstrong, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Michael N. Burt, Edward H. Davis, Daro Inouye and Ernest Gonzalez, Deputy Public Defenders, Richard A. Zitrin, Mayer & Zitrin, Roach & Ruel, George P. Roach and Dennis P. Ruel for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent Court.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, William D. Stein and Clifford K. Thompson, Jr., Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest and Respondent.

Ephram Margolin as Amicus Curiae.

OPINION

NEWSOM, J.

Before us are consolidated petitions which we are treating as writs of habeas corpus, on behalf of five similarly situated petitioners. The nature of the proceedings and the number of petitioners requires an explication of the procedural background.

Factual and Procedural Background

Doris Simmons, Tina Freeman and Vernon Dennis are codefendants charged with multiple felonies. All were arrested...

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