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SEAMAN v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. F007567.

193 Cal.App.3d 1279 (1987)

238 Cal. Rptr. 878

CHRISTOPHER SCOTT SEAMAN, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF TULARE COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

July 29, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Salle Soladay for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Steve White, Assistant Attorney General, Joel Carey and Garrett Beaumont, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.

[Opinion certified for partial publication.†]

OPINION

BEST, J.

In this original proceeding for writ of mandate, we hold that the superior court has discretionary authority under Penal Code1 section 987, subdivision (d), to appoint second counsel to assist in the preparation and presentation of posttrial motions in a capital case upon an appropriate

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