PEOPLE v. DOWDING

Docket No. 3798.

185 Cal.App.2d 274 (1960)

8 Cal. Rptr. 208

THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CLIFFORD M. DOWDING, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

October 14, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Mansfield, under appointment by the District Court of Appeal, for Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Arlo E. Smith and Edward P. O'Brien, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.


TOBRINER, J.

Appellant pursues an erroneous procedure when he attempts to set aside that portion of a judgment adjudicating him an habitual criminal by means of a writ in the nature of coram nobis. Whatever substance there may be to appellant's basic position, he can properly present it solely by application for a writ of habeas corpus.

The case arises from appellant's appeal from the denial of a motion to annul, vacate, and set aside that portion of...

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