Gomez v. Superior Court

Petitioners, Anthony Gomez and Ray Cardinal, seek writs of prohibition and mandate against the superior Court of the County of Mendocino. Petitioners seek the *642writ of prohibition to restrain the superior court from proceeding with the trial of the grand theft charge and the writ of mandate to compel the superior court to transfer the cause to the appropriate justice court for the disposition of the charge of petty theft.

On March 19, 1957, an information was filed against petitioners charging them with a felony, the violation of section 484 of the Penal Code.* Petitioners were accused of the…