Avan v. Municipal Court

Petitioner is an attorney at law and is the duly appointed Public Defender of the City of Los Angeles.

He seeks a writ of mandate commanding respondent court to comply with the requirements of section 987a of the Penal Code by determining, and awarding to him, a reasonable sum for compensation and for necessary expenses due him on account of his representing in respondent court, as court-appointed counsel, a person charged therein with a misdemeanor offense and determined by the court to be unable to employ an attorney.

This proceeding seeks an interpretation of section 987a of the Penal Code,…