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IN RE CHESTER

Docket No. Crim. 6058.

52 Cal.2d 87 (1959)

338 P.2d 431

In re JEAN L. CHESTER, on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 1, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Winters & Winters, Robert K. Winters, Beeman & Johnson and William L. Beeman for Petitioner.

Edmund G. Brown and Stanley Mosk, Attorneys General, Doris H. Maier and J.M. Sanderson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.

McCOMB, J.

Jean L. Chester, an inmate of the California Medical Facility, Vacaville, petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus. We issued an order to show cause and appointed a referee to take evidence and make findings on these questions: (1) Was petitioner advised of his right to counsel at the preliminary examination? (2) Did he intelligently waive his right to counsel at the time of the preliminary hearing when he knew, or should have known, of his right thereto...

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