PEOPLE v. ROBERTS

Docket No. Crim. 5404.

40 Cal.2d 749 (1953)

255 P.2d 784

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CARROLL EUGENE ROBERTS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 24, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carroll Eugene Roberts, in pro. per., and Albert S. Friedlander, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


GIBSON, C.J.

Defendant, acting in propria persona, sought a writ of error coram nobis claiming that he was not guilty and had been induced, by fraud and promises of lenient treatment, to plead guilty to a charge of forgery. His petition was denied by a minute order entered under date of May 19, 1952, and his notice of appeal, dated June 26, was filed on June 30th. The prosecution has moved to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the notice was not filed within...

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