California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Casey v. Superior Court, 207 Cal.App.3d 837, 255 Cal.Rptr. 81 (Cal. App. 1989):
This determination finds support in the peculiar facts of this case. First, we note neither the parties nor the court referred to this dismissal as one made in furtherance of justice; rather, the case was simply dismissed "for lack of jurisdiction." Only through the clerk's checking of a box on the felony docket sheet do the magic words "in the interest of justice" appear. We believe the statements of the prosecutor and court are entitled to greater credence than the notations of the court clerk. (See People v. Smith (1983) 33 Cal.3d 596, 599, 189 Cal.Rptr. 862, 659 P.2d 1152.)
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