California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Superior Court, 107 Cal.Rptr.2d 323, 23 P.3d 563, 25 Cal.4th 703 (Cal. 2001):
19. But see Gibson v. County of Sacramento (1918) 37 Cal.App. 523, 526, 174 P. 935 (the term "criminal proceedings" as used in the predecessor to Government Code section 29602 is limited to proceedings occurring after the filing of criminal charges); 75 Ops.Cal. Atty.Gen. 117, 121 (1992) (expenses encompassed by this statute are county charges "only after `the complaint charging the offense is filed with the court or magistrate or when the grand jury receives evidence for the purpose of proving a crime on which an indictment may be based'").
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