Legal Opinion
Martin v. Municipal Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 4, 1983No. AO18796PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LOW, P. J.
Petitioner, Charles Henry Martin, faces prosecution in Santa Clara Municipal Court for violation of section 8665 of the Government Code, 1 disobeying an emergency order of July 9, 1981, by Governor Edmund G. Brown, Jr. It is alleged that Martin did not strip his garden of Mediterranean fruit fly host material in the summer of 1981. Martin’s demurrer to the misdemeanor complaint was overruled. He petitioned the superior court in Santa Clara for a writ of mandate in March 1982, asking the superior court to order the municipal court to sustain the demurrer and dismiss the…
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