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ANDERSON v. JUSTICE COURT

Docket No. 46893.

99 Cal.App.3d 398 (1979)

160 Cal. Rptr. 274

FRED MAURICE ANDERSON, Petitioner, v. THE JUSTICE COURT FOR THE SAN BENITO JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF SAN BENITO COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

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

December 5, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Edward C. Bell for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, Ronald E. Niver and Herbert F. Wilkinson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

CALDECOTT, P.J.

The basic issue presented by this petition is whether the justice court or the superior court has the jurisdiction under Penal Code section 987.9 to grant funds to an indigent defendant to be used in the preparation of his defense. We hold that the jurisdiction lies with the superior court.

Petitioner, Fred Maurice Anderson, seeks a writ of mandamus directing...

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