Mardis v. Superior Court

CONLEY, J. *

The petitioner is the defendant in criminal action No. 16718, pending in the County of San Bernardino, entitled “The People of the State of California, Plaintiff v. James William Mardis, Defendant.” On March 6, 1963, a preliminary hearing was held in the Justice Court of the Bar-stow Judicial District, and the defendant was held to answer to the superior court. The transcript of the testimony on the preliminary hearing is before this court.

On March 18, 1963, the district attorney filed an information charging the defendant with the crime of possession of a firearm by a felon,…