A Murgia motion is a common motion in California

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based on the California Supreme Court decision '' Murgia v. Municipal Court'' (1975) 15 Cal.3d 286. The motion is made to request that the defendant's

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be dismissed upon a showing of selective prosecution for improper purposes, amounting to a violation of right to equal protection of law.

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