Vance v. Superior Court

Petitioner seeks a writ of mandate to require respondents to order the District Attorney of San Diego County to permit him to inspect and hear certain electronic transcriptions in the possession of the district attorney.

Petitioner was charged by an indictment with violation of section 288 of the Penal Code (crimes against children: lewd or lascivious acts) and was arraigned in the Superior Court of San Diego County on May 16, 1958. He entered a plea of not guilty, and the matter was set for trial on June 20,1958.

Petitioner was arrested May 12, 1958, and questioned extensively by police…