California Court of Appeal

Grand jury's criminal indictment and accusations against petitioners, a county auditor-controller and his assistant, seeking to remove them from office for willful misconduct, is vacated as to certain counts, based on lack of probable cause, and court error.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/15/2006
• Published 06/15/2006

Judges

• ROBIE, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rothschild, Wishek, Chastaine & Sands, M. Bradley Wishek, Sacramento;  Marilyn Fisher, for Petitioner Robert E. Stark., Blackmon & Associates, Clyde M. Blackmon, Sacramento, Melinda J. Nye;  Marilyn Fisher, for Petitioner Ronda Putman., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Manuel M. Medeiros, State Solicitor, Mary Jo Graves, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Michael A. Canzoneri and Janet Neeley, Supervising Deputies Attorney General, Clifford E. Zall, Deputy Attorney General, for Real Party in Interest.


• For Appellees:
  
• No appearance for Respondent.