PEOPLE v. POPE

Docket No. Crim. 20359.

23 Cal.3d 412 (1979)

590 P.2d 859

152 Cal. Rptr. 732

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. JOSEPH GLENN POPE, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

February 22, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Paul N. Halvonik, State Public Defender, Clifton R. Jeffers, Chief Assistant State Public Defender, and Ezra Hendon, Deputy State Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, W. Eric Collins and Nathan D. Mihara, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

BIRD, C.J.

Appellant, Joseph Glenn Pope, appeals from his conviction for second degree robbery. His sole contention is that he was denied his constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel at trial.

I

Late in the evening of February 24, 1976, Herman E. Brower was robbed in a parking lot outside a bar in Cotati. Brower had just left the Trade Winds bar where he had been drinking. Brower testified...

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