The People of the State of California seek a writ of mandate to set aside a pretrial ruling authorizing separate juries for the guilt phase and penalty phase in a death penalty trial. We conclude that the court was without jurisdiction to make a pretrial ruling "discharging" the guilt phase jury (Pen. Code, § 190.4, subd. (c)). We issue a peremptory writ of mandate.
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