PEOPLE v. CHESSMAN

Docket No. Crim. 5006.

35 Cal.2d 455 (1950)

218 P.2d 769

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CARYL CHESSMAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 19, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caryl Chessman, in pro. per., for Appellant.

Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, Frank Richards, Deputy Attorney General, W.E. Simpson, District Attorney (Los Angeles), J. Miller Leavy and Robert Wheeler, Deputy District Attorneys, for Respondent.


SCHAUER, J.

Defendant has pending before this court an appeal from judgments of conviction of 17 felonies. Two of these judgments impose the death penalty. The appeal from the judgments, however, has not yet been submitted for decision and this opinion does not consider such appeal on its merits but is addressed exclusively to disposition of the mesne proceedings hereinafter specified.

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