Supreme Court of California

The superior court may set aside an information under Penal Code section 995 when the magistrate erroneously and prejudicially failed to consider whether to dismiss a complaint in furtherance of justice under section 1385, and thereby denied the defendant a substantial right affecting the legality of the commitment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/22/2004
• Published 04/22/2004

Judges

• GEORGE, C.J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Paul J. Pfingst and Bonnie M. Dumanis, District Attorneys, Thomas F. McArdle, Anthony Lovett, Josephine A. Kiernan and Kim Thoa Hoang, Deputy District Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael J. McCabe, under appointment by the Supreme Court, San Diego, for Defendant and Respondent Carolyn Konow., Steven J. Carroll, Public Defender, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Matthew Braner and Selena Dong, Deputy Public Defenders, for Defendant and Respondent Steven Rohrer., Cynthia M. Sorman, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Diane Nichols, for Defendant and Respondent Amy Toosley., Marianne Harguindeguy Cox, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Respondent Daniel O'Neil.