Legal Opinion
Barber v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 12, 1983No. Docket Nos. 69350, 69351PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
COMPTON, J.
In these consolidated proceedings we consider petitions for writs of prohibition pursuant to Penal Code section 999a filed by two medical doctors who are charged in a complaint, now pending before a magistrate in the Los Angeles Judicial District, with the crimes of murder and conspiracy to commit murder—both felonies.
At the close of a lengthy preliminary hearing the magistrate ordered the complaint dismissed. On motion of the People, pursuant to Penal Code section 871.5, the superior court ordered the magistrate to reinstate the complaint. These proceedings followed. We…
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