California Supreme Court, 1920

Whitney v. Superior Court of Alameda County

Whitney v. Superior Court of Alameda County
California Supreme Court · Decided January 26, 1920 · THE COURT.
187 P. 12; 182 Cal. 114; 1920 Cal. LEXIS 494

Whitney v. Superior Court of Alameda County

Opinion of the Court

THE COURT.

This is an application for a writ of prohibition. [1] We see no merit in the claim that the act under which petitioner is being prosecuted is invalid as being in violation of provisions of our federal and state constitutions.

No other point made goes to the jurisdiction of the superior court, and consequently prohibition is not available to *115 petitioner. [2] The remedy where an information is filed in the superior court without a previous commitment by a magistrate is by motion to set aside the information on that ground (Pen. Code, sec. 995 et scq.), with a right to review of the action of the trial court on an appeal from the judgment. [3] The objections to the sufficiency of the information to state a public offense fall within the rule announced in In' re Ruef, 150 Cal. 665, [89 Pac. 605]. We express no opinion on the merits of the claims made 'by petitioner in regard to these matters.

The application for a writ of prohibition is denied.

Angellotti, C. J., Lawlor, J., Olney, J., Lennon, J., Shaw,. J., and Wilbur, J., concurred.

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