PEOPLE v. CRUZ

Docket No. Crim. 17561.

12 Cal.3d 562 (1974)

526 P.2d 250

116 Cal. Rptr. 242

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOSEPH DAVID CRUZ, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

September 20, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

William H. Waysman, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley E. Remelmeyer, City Attorney, Roger P. Freeman and Owen D. Petersen, Deputy City Attorneys, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Joseph P. Busch, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Harry B. Sondheim and Donald J. Kaplan, Deputy District Attorneys, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

CLARK, J.

Defendant appeals from a municipal court judgment entered following his plea of guilty to misdemeanor possession of marijuana. (Former Health & Saf. Code, § 11530; Pen. Code, § 17, subd. (b)(4).) We affirm the judgment.

(1a) Because defendant was not represented by counsel when entering his plea, the court advised him of — and found he knowingly and intelligently waived ...

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