IN RE MERKLE

Docket No. 7172.

182 Cal.App.2d 46 (1960)

5 Cal. Rptr. 745

In re RONALD BERNARD MERKLE, on Habeas Corpus.

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

June 20, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell A. Holt for Petitioner.

Thomas W. Bewley, City Attorney (Whittier), for Respondent.

William B. McKesson, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Harry Wood and Ralph F. Bagley, Deputy District Attorneys, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondent.


RICHARDS, J. pro tem.*

Petitioner, while driving an automobile at 2:30 a.m. on September 14, 1959, was stopped by the Whittier police because of his erratic driving. He was given a field sobriety test, placed under arrest for drunk driving and taken to the police station. A misdemeanor complaint was duly filed, charging him with drunk driving under Vehicle Code, section 502, and driving without...

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