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FINN v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 34292.

156 Cal.App.3d 268 (1984)

202 Cal. Rptr. 732

NORMAN FINN, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ORANGE COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

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

May 23, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Gregory W. Jones for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Cecil Hicks, District Attorney, Michael R. Capizzi, Assistant District Attorney, William W. Bedsworth and Steven B. Bickel, Deputy District Attorneys, John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Herschel T. Elkins, Assistant Attorney General, M. Howard Wayne and Michael R. Botwin, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

CROSBY, J.

This writ proceeding to test the superior court's refusal to dismiss an information presents a classic illustration of the legal axiom that a specific statute prevails over a general one, the so called "Swann-Gilbert" or "Williamson" rule in the law of crimes of California.

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Norman Finn is a mobilehome dealer. Phyllis Wingett listed her furnished mobilehome at the Salton Sea with...

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