PAPPA v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. L.A. 25894.

54 Cal.2d 350 (1960)

353 P.2d 311

5 Cal. Rptr. 703

CAROLE ANN TREGOFF PAPPA, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 23, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Giesler, Robert A. Neeb, Jr., Donald Bringgold and Rexford D. Fagan for Petitioner.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, William B. McKesson, District Attorney, Harry Wood, Ralph F. Bagley, Robert J. Lord and Harry B. Sondheim, Deputy District Attorneys, for Respondents.


GIBSON, C.J.

Carole Pappa and her codefendant, Doctor Raymond Bernard Finch, were each charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder. The action was originally set for trial before Judge James G. Whyte, but he was disqualified upon a challenge by the People pursuant to the provisions of section 170.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure.1 Judge Clement D. Nye, who was then assigned to hear the...

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