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PEOPLE v. ADAMSON

Docket No. Crim. 4944.

33 Cal.2d 286 (1949)

201 P.2d 537

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. ADMIRAL DEWEY ADAMSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 11, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Lavine for Appellant.

Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Walter L. Bowers, Assistant Attorney General, William E. Simpson, District Attorney, Jere Sullivan and Robert Wheeler, Deputy District Attorneys, for Respondent.

SCHAUER, J.

Defendant, an inmate of San Quentin State Prison, is under sentence of death. He has brought before us a purported appeal from an order sustaining without leave to amend a demurrer to his "Petition ... for a Writ of Error Coram Nobis." The People move to dismiss the appeal as being "irregular, frivolous, sham and ... [seeking] only groundless delay in the execution of a valid final judgment," and also move to vacate an order of the trial court staying...

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