PEOPLE v. RHODES

Docket No. Crim. 17498.

12 Cal.3d 180 (1974)

524 P.2d 363

115 Cal. Rptr. 235

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. DOUGLAS LAMAR RHODES, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 26, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John F. Bowman, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Edward A. Hinz, Jr., Chief Assistant Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, Roger E. Venturi and W. Scott Thorpe, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

WRIGHT, C.J.

(1)(See fn. 1.) Defendant Douglas Lamar Rhodes, an indigent, was convicted of forgery (Pen. Code, § 470) after a jury trial at which he was represented by appointed counsel who, at the time of the appointment and trial was the City Attorney of Hanford.1 Hanford is the county seat of Kings County wherein the trial was conducted. The responsibilities of a city attorney...

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