Harris v. Superior Court

Opinion

MANUEL, J.

Petitioners Emily Montague Harris and William Taylor Harris, defendants in a pending criminal proceeding wherein they are charged with multiple felony violations, seek a writ of prohibition and/or mandate compelling respondent superior court to vacate its appointment of certain attorneys to represent them in the said proceeding and to appoint as assigned counsel certain other attorneys of their own choosing. Under the circumstances here presented, we have determined that the writ should issue.

On April 14, 1976, a complaint was filed in the Municipal Court for the…