BLOOM v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. D004652.

185 Cal.App.3d 409 (1986)

ALLEN R. BLOOM, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

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

September 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Louis Katz for Petitioner.

Lloyd M. Harmon, Jr., County Counsel, Daniel J. Wallace, Chief Deputy County Counsel, and Bruce W. Beach, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent.

No appearance for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

WIENER, Acting P.J.

Attorney Allen Bloom seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent his contempt trial. For the reasons set forth below we issue the writ.

On January 22, 1986, Bloom was conducting jury voir dire during a hearing under Penal Code section 1368 regarding his client's competence to stand trial. Bloom asked a prospective juror the type of criminal case on which the juror had previously sat. The trial court...

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