PEOPLE v. SUPERIOR COURT (LAVI)

Docket No. S022419.

4 Cal.4th 1164 (1993)

847 P.2d 1031

17 Cal. Rptr.2d 815

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

Supreme Court of California.

April 1, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Ira Reiner, District Attorney, Maurice H. Oppenheim, Robert W. Carney, Arnold T. Guminski, Donald J. Kaplan and Brentford J. Ferreira, Deputy District Attorneys, for Petitioner.

Wilbur F. Littlefield, Public Defender (Los Angeles), and John Hamilton Scott, Deputy Public Defender, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

De Witt W. Clinton, County Counsel, and Frederick R. Bennett, Assistant County Counsel, for Respondent.

Gerald L. Chaleff and Audrey Winograde for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

LUCAS.C.J.

(1)(See fn. 1.) This case concerns the appropriate time to file a motion to disqualify a judge pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 170.6 (all further statutory references are to this code unless otherwise indicated).1 The primary issue may be stated as follows: When a master calendar department assigns a case to a "long...

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