Legal Opinion
Yarish v. Nelson
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 22, 1972No. Civ. 30188PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KANE, J.
Plaintiffs Alice Yarish and Pacific Sun Publishing Co., Inc. appeal from, the trial court’s order denying their petition for a writ of mandate.
By their petition filed on January 26, 1971, appellants sought to compel respondent to allow correspondence, interviews and sound recordings with all inmates, but specifically with Ruchell Magee (“Magee”) confined at San Quentin Prison. The undisputed facts disclose that Magee was imprisoned on a conviction of armed robbery involving kidnap and was also awaiting trial on homicide charges resulting from an escape attempt in the summer of…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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