(DOWNLOAD) "Serna V. Superior Court Of Los Angeles County" by Supreme Court Of California " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Serna V. Superior Court Of Los Angeles County
- Author : Supreme Court Of California
- Release Date : January 24, 1985
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 99 KB
Description
Petitioner, a defendant in a misdemeanor prosecution pending in the Municipal Court for the Los Angeles Judicial District, sought dismissal in that court on grounds that a more than four-year delay between the filing of the complaint and his arrest denied both his state and federal constitutional rights to a speedy trial. When the court denied his motion to dismiss, he sought a writ of mandate in the superior court to compel the municipal court to grant the motion. When the superior court denied his petition for writ of mandate, he sought further review in this court pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 904.1, subdivision (a). We granted an alternative writ to review two novel and important questions of statewide application thus presented.