(a) In addition to petitions for a writ of mandate, prohibition, or review which the people are authorized to file pursuant to any other statute or pursuant to any court decision, the people may also seek review of an order granting a defendant‘s motion for severance or discovery by a petition for a writ of mandate or prohibition.

(b) In construing the legislative intent of subdivision (a), no inference shall be drawn from the amendment to Assembly Bill 1052 of the 1989-90 Regular Session of the Legislature which deleted reference to the case of People v. Superior Court, 69 Cal. 2d 491.

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Terms Used In California Penal Code 1512

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
  • writ: signifies an order or precept in writing, issued in the name of the people, or of a court or judicial officer, and the word "process" a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See California Penal Code 7

(Added by renumbering Section 1511 (as added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 560) by Stats. 2001, Ch. 854, Sec. 46. Effective January 1, 2002.)

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