Parnell v. Superior Court

Opinion

SMITH, J.

This is a petition for a writ of prohibition and request for stay of trial after the respondent Superior Court of the County of Merced denied petitioner Kenneth Parnell’s motion to dismiss made pursuant to Penal Code section 995. Trial has been stayed pending a decision on these petitions.

Petitioner contends that charges of kidnaping (§ 207), false imprisonment (§ 236) and conspiracy to commit kidnaping, false imprisonment, certain sex offenses and to contribute to the delinquency of a minor (§ 182) are either unsupported by probable cause or barred by the three-year statute…