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FARNOW v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. A050322.

226 Cal.App.3d 481 (1990)

276 Cal. Rptr. 275

RAYMOND B. FARNOW, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN MATEO COUNTY, Respondent; SAN MATEO COUNTY GRAND JURY, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Two.

December 18, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Kenneth M. Dickerson and Jean B. Savaree for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Thomas F. Casey III, County Counsel, and Milton H. Mares, Deputy County Counsel, for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

KLINE, P.J.

This petition for writ of prohibition arises from petitioner's assertion of the right to counsel at his appearance before a civil session of the San Mateo County Grand Jury. Prior to 1988, the law clearly did not recognize any such right. The question in this case is whether the right was created by 1988 amendments to Penal Code section 939.

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