KILLPATRICK v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY

Docket Nos. 22439, 22440, 22441.

153 Cal.App.2d 146 (1957)

314 P.2d 164

CHARLES KILLPATRICK, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. HUMBERTO SAAVEDRA, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents. RALPH J. DAVIS, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Two.

August 7, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Marcus and Caryl Warner for Petitioners.

William E. Lamoreaux, Assistant County Counsel, for Respondents.


FOX, Acting P.J.

The petitions for certiorari in these cases grow out of contempt proceedings in the domestic relations department of the trial court where, in each proceeding, petitioner was adjudged in contempt of court and sentenced to jail for his asserted wilful failure to comply with a prior order of the court for the support of his former wife and children. None of the petitioners had counsel. In each case the prosecutor* called...

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