Legal Opinion
Cotton v. Municipal Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 28, 1976No. Civ. 14344PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
AULT, J.
In early 1974, defendants Cotton, Zegler, Simmons and Brinker were separately charged in the Municipal Court of the San Diego Judicial District with violating Penal Code section 270 (willful failure to provide for minor children), a misdemeanor. One attorney was appointed to represent all of them. After their challenges to the constitutionality of Penal Code section 270 were rejected by the municipal court, defendants petitioned the superior court for writs of prohibition, again claiming the statute was unconstitutional. The superior court denied the writs, and each defendant…
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