Legal Opinion
People v. Superior Court (Hanson)
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 18, 1980No. Civ. 19411PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PUGLIA, P. J.
In this mandamus petition we are asked to determine whether a public official against whom a grand jury accusation charging misconduct in office has been returned is entitled to a postaccusation preliminary hearing as a function either of equal protection or due process of the law.
A grand jury returned an accusation against real party in interest Eugene Joseph Hanson, a member of the Mono County Board of Supervisors, charging wilful and corrupt misconduct in office in violation of Government Code section 3060. After the accusation was filed in the superior court, Hanson…
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