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PEOPLE v. CONTRERAI

Docket No. 6564.

172 Cal.App.2d 369 (1959)

341 P.2d 849

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CECIL GARCIA CONTRERAI, Appellant.

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

July 27, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Virgil V. Becker, under appointment by the District Court of Appeal, for Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Elizabeth Miller and Norman L. Epstein, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.

VALLÉE, J.

In a nonjury trial defendant was convicted of possessing heroin. He was sentenced to state prison. He appeals from the judgment. His only point is that he was not brought to trial within 60 days after the filing of the information, as required by section 1382 of the Penal Code.

The information was filed on July 7, 1958. Defendant was arraigned on July 9, 1958, and his time for plea was continued to July 16. On July 16 time for plea was continued...

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