Legal Opinion
Mendez v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 30, 2008No. D051512PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
O’ROURKE, J.
Eduardo Mendez seeks a writ of prohibition against the trial court’s order denying his motion to dismiss under Penal Code section 1382. Mendez contends (1) the People, in seeking a continuance, failed to comply with the written notice and pleading requirements of section 1050, subdivision (b); (2) the prosecutor’s scheduling problems did not require a continuance of as many as 10 days; (3) a police officer’s unavailability to testify at trial did not constitute good cause for the continuance; and (4) in ruling on the motion to dismiss, the trial court was limited to…
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