Kanovitz v. Bloodgood

Opinion

ROTH, P. J.

Appellant, a state certified official court reporter, raises a single issue on the basis of uncontroverted facts: Is the provision of Penal Code, section 869 requiring a court reporter to furnish a copy of a felony preliminary hearing “without charge” to the county valid and enforceable?

In the case at bench, appellant reported and caused to be transcribed the record of a preliminary hearing held in the municipal court; certified and delivered the record and copies thereof in a timely and lawful manner; and then presented the Auditor-Controller of Los Angeles County with an…