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SMITHSON v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 59259.

116 Cal.App.3d 32 (1981)

171 Cal. Rptr. 808

DAVID EARL SMITHSON, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF VENTURA COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Five.

February 19, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Goldenring & Goldenring and Peter A. Goldenring for Petitioner.

Dorothy L. Schechter, County Counsel, and Mary C. Ward, Assistant County Counsel, for Respondent.

No appearance for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

KAUS, P.J.

This is a proceeding in mandamus to determine petitioner's right to an allocation of public funds for the purpose of hiring a private investigator.

Because of a conflict with the public defender's office, petitioner, an indigent criminal defendant, is represented by court-appointed counsel. (Pen. Code, § 987.2.) His counsel petitioned respondent court for an allocation of public funds to hire a private...

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