VANGSNESS v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. G001663.

159 Cal.App.3d 1087 (1984)

206 Cal. Rptr. 45

BRENT LOUIS VANGSNESS, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

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

August 29, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Ronald Y. Butler, Public Defender, Frank Scanlon, Assistant Public Defender, James Dean Allen and Richard Schwartzberg, Deputy Public Defenders, and John D. Barnett for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

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

Proctor & McNerney and Dennis M. McNerney for Frank Davern.


OPINION

CROSBY, J.

Brent L. Vangsness is awaiting trial for murder (Pen. Code, § 187). The superior court recused his former counsel, the public defender; and he petitions along with his new counsel and the public defender for relief from the court's action.

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The district attorney intends to call Frank Davern as a witness against Vangsness. Davern is expected...

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