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LEWIS v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. C006933.

217 Cal.App.3d 379 (1990)

265 Cal. Rptr. 855

JOHN LEWIS, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

January 23, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Blackmon & Drozd, Clyde M. Blackmon and Dale A. Drozd for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Richard B. Iglehart, Chief Assistant Attorney General, John A. Gordnier, Assistant Attorney General, and W. Scott Thorpe, Deputy Attorney General, for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

BLEASE, J.

This petition for a writ of prohibition challenges the indictment of petitioner (defendant) for forgery. (1) We are asked to determine whether the definition of forgery in Penal Code section 4701 extends to the fabrication of a signature on a letter of endorsement of a candidate for public office. We answer "no" and will grant the relief sought.

Section 470 is derived...

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