PEOPLE v. SUPERIOR COURT (GEORGE)

Docket No. D019982.

24 Cal.App.4th 350 (1994)

29 Cal. Rptr.2d 305

THE PEOPLE, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Respondent; JOHNATON SAMPSON GEORGE, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

April 21, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Edwin L. Miller, Jr., District Attorney, Thomas F. McArdle, Robert C. Phillips and Richard J. Sachs, Deputy District Attorneys, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Roberta K. Thyfault, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, and Robert F. Bourne for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

WORK, Acting P.J.

The People petition for a writ of mandate after the court denied Johnaton Sampson George's (George) motion to represent himself in this capital case. The People contend the court based its denial on the impermissible grounds George is a security risk and seeks self-representation only to acquire privileges in jail. Under Faretta v. California...

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