WALKER v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 48425.

107 Cal.App.3d 884 (1980)

166 Cal. Rptr. 209

VERNON GEORGE WALKER, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

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

June 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

James C. Hooley, Public Defender, Jay B. Gaskill and Lawrence A. Boxer, Assistant Public Defenders, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent. George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, William D. Stein and John W. Runde, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

RACANELLI, P.J.

Following denial of his motion to set aside an information charging him with the murder of Gary Charles Watson, petitioner seeks prohibition (or mandamus) enjoining prosecution on said charge. For the reasons which follow we have concluded that the requested relief should be granted and that proceedings be resumed against petitioner solely on the charge of manslaughter (Pen. Code, § 192) as reflected in...

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