Magezis v. Municipal Court

Opinion

McCOMB, J.

Petitioners seek a writ of mandate requiring respondent court to order a reporter’s transcript of evidence and proceedings prepared at county expense for their use in appealing their convictions of loitering near a school where children normally congregate, a misdemeanor. (Pen. Code, § 653g.)

Facts'. Petitioners were prosecuted in respondent court for allegedly participating in a “street-play,” which the police deemed obscene. Following their convictions, each petitioner filed and served a notice of appeal and a statement on appeal in which notice was given that a reporter’s…