Legal Opinion
Chadwick v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 23, 1980No. Docket Nos. 58348, 58347PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
EPSTEIN, J. *
In these consolidated proceedings, the Public Defender of Santa Barbara County seeks to disqualify the entire district attorney’s office of that county from prosecuting some 39 pending felony cases. The defendants (petitioners here) were represented by James B. Jennings, then a deputy public defender of Santa Barbara. Mr. Jennings terminated his employment with the public defender on December 21, 1979. He accepted an appointment as a deputy district attorney, the position he now holds, on December 24, 1979. His entire assignment is to represent the People in juvenile court…
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