Willson v. Superior Court

By information petitioner Mona Willson was charged with one count of occupying premises for the purpose of horse-race bookmaking and one count of recording a bet on a horse race. (Pen. Code, § 337a, subds. 2, 4.) Her motion to set aside the information on the ground that there is no reasonable or probable cause to believe she committed the offenses charged was denied (see Pen. Code, § 995), and she now seeks prohibition to prevent further proceedings against her. (See Pen. Code, § 999a.)

Petitioner contends that her commitment was based entirely on incompetent evidence and that the peremptory…