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POLANSKI v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B217290.

180 Cal.App.4th 507 (2009)

ROMAN RAYMOND POLANSKI, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Seven.

December 21, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Chad S. Hummel, Diana M. Kwok, Benjamin G. Shatz; Douglas Dalton; and Bart P. Dalton for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Steve Cooley, District Attorney, Irene T. Wakabayashi, Phyllis C. Asayama and David Walgren, Deputy District Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest The People.

Silver & Field and Lawrence Silver for Real Party in Interest Samantha Geimer.

OPINION

ZELON, J.—

In another chapter of what surely must be one of the longest running sagas in California criminal justice history, Roman Polanski, a fugitive since 1978, asked the trial court to exercise its discretionary authority to dismiss the criminal prosecution against him that has been pending since 1977. The trial court declined to consider Polanski's request until Polanski submitted to the court's jurisdiction by returning...

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