Legal Opinion
Younger v. Superior Court
California Supreme Court
Decided April 26, 1978No. Docket Nos. S.F. 23517, 23597PublishedCited by 176 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, J.
These writ proceedings present the question whether James William Mack, the real party in interest in the first matter (S.F. 23517) and the petitioner in the second (S.F. 23597), is entitled to the destruction of certain official records pertaining to his conviction in 1972 of possession of marijuana in violation of former Health and Safety Code section 11530. The cases require us to determine the applicability and validity of portions of two successive acts of the Legislature.
The first relevant statute, which took effect on January 1, 1976, was subdivision (b) of section…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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