People v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY (SHAMIS)

Opinion

ALDRICH, J.

Respondent superior court granted a motion to dismiss counts of an information alleging murder and insurance fraud stemming from a staged freeway collision between an automobile and a big-rig truck on June 17,1992. The People petitioned this court to issue a writ of mandate ordering reinstatement of the charges and requested that the trial of real party in interest, Elena Shamis, be stayed pending this court’s determination of the merits of the petition. We stayed the trial proceedings and issued an alternative writ of mandate. Shamis filed an opposition to the petition and…