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GRAY v. MUNICIPAL COURT

Docket No. 30826.

149 Cal.App.3d 373 (1983)

196 Cal. Rptr. 808

VICKIE GRAY, Petitioner, v. THE MUNICIPAL COURT FOR THE CENTRAL ORANGE COUNTY JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

November 30, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Ronald Y. Butler, Public Defender, Frank Scanlon, Assistant Public Defender, James Dean Allen and Randall F. Pacheco, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Cecil Hicks, District Attorney, Michael R. Capizzi, Assistant District Attorney, William W. Bedsworth and Wendy Brough, Deputy District Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

TROTTER, P.J.

(1a) In this original proceeding, we are asked to determine whether a magistrate has jurisdiction to transfer a preliminary hearing on felony charges to another judicial district in the same county. Judicial precedent, constitutional authority and judicial economy compel our conclusion that a magistrate does have such inherent power.

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