Bompensiero v. Superior Court

By this proceeding in prohibition, Prank Bompensiero challenges the jurisdiction of the superior court to try him upon an indictment which names him as one of several persons who participated in the acceptance of bribes by a public official. He questions the sufficiency of the indictment to charge, and of the evidence before the grand jury to establish, the alleged crimes. He also attacks the trial judge’s action in striking from the record a statement disputing the qualification of the judge to rule upon preliminary motions.

According to the evidence before the grand jury, Charles E. Berry…