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SAND v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. S.F. 24496.

34 Cal.3d 567 (1983)

668 P.2d 787

194 Cal. Rptr. 480

DOUGLAS SAND, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SOLANO COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

September 8, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Honeychurch, Finkas & Villarreal and Denis Honeychurch for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

George Deukmejian and John K. Van de Kamp, Attorneys General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, William D. Stein, Thomas A. Brady and Ronald A. Bass, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

MOSK, J.

Douglas Sand, an indigent criminal defendant, seeks a writ of mandate to compel respondent superior court to grant his motion for public funds to pay for ancillary defense services. He relies on Penal Code section 987.9 in support of his request.1 For the reasons discussed below, we conclude that the motion was properly denied.

Defendant was charged with assault by a life prisoner...

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