California Court of Appeal

Dismissal of plaintiff's charge is reversed where the magistrate judge incorrectly interpreted Penal Code section 859b to require that a preliminary hearing must be held within 10 court days of a defendant's appearance in custody.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/29/2005
• Published 08/29/2005

Judges

• CORRIGAN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert Kochly, District Attorney, Doug MacMaster, Deputy District Attorney, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David C. Coleman III, Public Defender, Jordan Schreiber, Deputy Public Defender, for Respondent.