Canon v. Justice Court

By complaint filed in the justice court, appellant was charged with violating Elections Code section 12047.1 That court overruled appellant’s demurrer and *450denied his motion to dismiss, which urged, on various grounds, that appellant was constitutionally protected from prosecution under this statute. He then sought a writ of prohibition in superior court, attacking the jurisdiction of the justice court to try him under the statute. The superior court denied his petition. We hold that the writ must be granted because the statute is unconstitutionally discriminatory.

Prohibition, in this ease, is…