Michaels v. Superior Court

Petitioner seeks a writ of prohibition restraining the respondent from proceeding further with its consideration of a matter ivherein petitioner is charged with contempt of court by reason of his refusal to answer questions at a hearing before the Riverside County Grand Jury.

The petition and supporting documents and the transcripts of the proceedings before the grand jury and the respondent court show that the following events have occurred :

On June 17, 1960, the Riverside County Grand Jury was investigating whether certain crimes of violence, amounting to felonies and conspiracies to commit…