PEOPLE v. SUPERIOR COURT (BRIDGETTE)

Docket No. B025267.

189 Cal.App.3d 1649 (1987)

235 Cal. Rptr. 113

THE PEOPLE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; GEORGE BRIDGETTE, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Five.

March 10, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Ira Reiner, District Attorney, Donald J. Kaplan and Maurice H. Oppenheim, Deputy District Attorneys, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

White & Lasting, Michael V. White, Fischer & Multhaup and Dennis A. Fischer for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

FEINERMAN, P.J.

Defendant George Bridgette is awaiting trial on four counts of murder (Pen. Code, § 187) and one count of attempted murder (Pen. Code, §§ 664/187). In this petition for writ of mandate, the People challenge a ruling by the superior court which precludes them from seeking the death penalty. We grant the petition.

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