In this case, we hold that "court days" for purposes of measuring the number of days from arraignment to preliminary hearing (Pen. Code, § 859b) includes "special holidays" a county provides its employees. Therefore, the People's motion to reinstate the complaint was properly denied.
On December 2, 1980, defendant was in custody and arraigned in a municipal court on felony charges. The preliminary...
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