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STEEN v. APPELLATE DIVISION, SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY

No. S174773.

59 Cal.4th 1045 (2014)

175 Cal. Rptr. 3d 760

331 P.3d 136

JEWERELENE STEEN, Petitioner, v. APPELLATE DIVISION, SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

August 11, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Judge and Ronald L. Brown , Public Defenders, Ilya Alekseyeff and John Hamilton Scott , Deputy Public Defenders, for Petitioner.

Frederick R. Bennett ; Reed Smith, Paul D. Fogel and Dennis Peter Maio for Respondent.

Carmen A. Trutanich , City Attorney, Debbie Lew , Assistant City Attorney, Eric Shannon and Katharine H. MacKenzie , Deputy City Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest.

Steve Cooley , District Attorney (Los Angeles), Irene T. Wakabayashi , Head Deputy District Attorney, and Phyllis C. Asayama , Deputy District Attorney, for District Attorney of Los Angeles County as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

WERDEGAR, J. —

In this case we consider the validity of a misdemeanor complaint issued by a superior court clerk under the authority of Penal Code section 959.1, subdivision (c) (hereafter section 959.1(c)). The statute provides that "[a] magistrate or court is authorized to receive and file an accusatory pleading in electronic form if," among other things, "[t]he accusatory pleading is issued in the name of, and transmitted by...

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