Legal Opinion
Sand v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
Decided September 8, 1983No. S.F. 24496PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, J.
Douglas Sand, an indigent criminal defendant, seeks a writ of mandate to compel respondent superior court to grant his motion for public funds to pay for ancillary defense services. He relies on Penal Code section 987.9 in support of his request.1 For the reasons discussed below, we conclude that the motion was properly denied.
Defendant was charged with assault by a life prisoner causing death (§ 4500), and with murder (§ 187) with special circumstances (§ 190.2, subds. (a)(2) and (a) (15)). He was found to be indigent and an attorney was appointed to represent him. Prior to…
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