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IN RE SCAGGS

Docket No. Crim. 5968.

47 Cal.2d 416 (1956)

303 P.2d 1009

In re PLEAS SCAGGS, on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 30, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin H. Williams, John W. Bussey, W. Lawrence Oliver and Lawrence Speiser for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent.

GIBSON, C.J.

This is a proceeding in habeas corpus to admit Scaggs to bail pending his appeal from a conviction of receiving stolen property in violation of section 496 of the Penal Code. The questions presented are whether the trial court exercised its discretion in refusing to admit him to bail and, if so, whether the refusal constituted an abuse of discretion.

After the verdict was returned against Scaggs, he remained at large on bail for about six weeks...

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