Legal Opinion
People v. Hulburt
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 28, 1977No. Crim. 16180PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
TAYLOR, P. J.
The People appeal from a minute order dismissing for lack of jurisdiction a grand jury accusation filed pursuant to Government Code section 3060 against Hulburt, a deputy sheriff, for willful or corrupt misconduct in office during the campaign for the 1974 election of the Sheriff of Humboldt County. Two questions are raised by this appeal: 1) whether as a deputy sheriff of a general law county Hulburt is an “officer” within the meaning of Government Code section 3060; and 2) if so, is he deprived of equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United…
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