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Jones v. Superior Court

California Supreme Court

Decided April 27, 1971No. Docket Nos. L.A. 29840, 29841PublishedCited by 117 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

BURKE, J.

Petitioners seek prohibition to prevent the superior court from taking further proceedings on an information filed against them. We have concluded that prohibition should issue for the reason that the information charges petitioners with offenses not specified by the committing magistrate nor shown by the evidence to have occurred.

On June 24, 1970, petitioners were charged by complaint with violations of Penal Code section 261, subdivision 4 1 (rape), section 288a (oral copulation, two counts), and section 286 (sodomy). The complaint alleged that all counts occurred on June…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Jennings v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
  3. People v. ElliotCalifornia Supreme Court · 1960
  4. Perry v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1962
  5. People v. EvansCalifornia Supreme Court · 1952

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3Cited by117 opinions

  1. People v. BeagleCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
  2. Cooley v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 2003
  3. People v. MayberryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
  4. People v. UhlemannCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
  5. Johnson v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975

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