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Simmons v. Municipal Court

California Court of Appeal

Decided July 17, 1980No. Docket Nos. 48617, 48682, 20753, 20767, 20781PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

NEWSOM, J.

Before us are consolidated petitions which we are treating as writs of habeas corpus, on behalf of five similarly situated petitioners. The nature of the proceedings and the number of petitioners requires an explication of the procedural background.

Factual and Procedural Background

Doris Simmons, Tina Freeman and Vernon Dennis are codefendants charged with multiple felonies. All were arrested November 26, 1979, and arraigned while in custody on November 29, 1979. Preliminary *18hearing was set for December 13, 1979, upon which date, Dennis’ attorney not being present, and the…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Gerstein v. PughSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Auto Equity Sales, Inc. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962
  3. People v. JohnsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
  4. People v. WindhamCalifornia Supreme Court · 1977
  5. People v. WilsonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1963

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Landrum v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1981
  2. People v. SequeiraCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1981
  3. People v. HendersonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2004
  4. People v. KowalskiCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1987
  5. Coleman v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1981

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