SERNA v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. L.A. 31856.

40 Cal.3d 239 (1985)

707 P.2d 793

219 Cal. Rptr. 420

JOAQUIN MARIO SERNA, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

October 24, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Wilbur F. Littlefield, Public Defender, Laurence M. Sarnoff, Philomene J. Swenson and John Hamilton Scott, Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Ira Reiner and James K. Hahn, City Attorneys, Jack L. Brown and Greg Wolff, Deputy City Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

GRODIN, J.

Petitioner, a defendant in a misdemeanor prosecution pending in the Municipal Court for the Los Angeles Judicial District, sought dismissal in that court on grounds that a more than four-year delay between the filing of the complaint and his arrest denied both his state and federal constitutional rights to a speedy trial. When the court denied his motion to dismiss, he...

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