People v. Superior Court (Edmonds)

In People v. Superior Court (Edmonds), 483 P.2d 1202, 4 Cal.3d 605, 94 Cal. Rptr. 250 (1971), the court re-enunciated the concerns raised in Howard, stating "we disapproved certain prior cases which had suggested that every judicial act in excess of power is also an excess of jurisdiction, and which had thereby extended the term 'jurisdiction' beyond its traditional sense . . . ." Edmonds, 483 P.2d at 1204, 4 Cal.3d at 608. The court ultimately issued a writ of mandate after finding that the trial court erred because it lacked jurisdiction over the subject matter and concluding that the issuance of the writ posed no danger of further trial or retrial. Id. at 1204, 1206, 4 Cal.3d at 609, 611.