VETTER v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 10159.

189 Cal.App.2d 132 (1961)

10 Cal. Rptr. 890

RICHARD VETTER, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

February 14, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Cole, Public Defender, and Kenneth M. Wells, Assistant Public Defender, for Petitioner.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier and Raymond Momboisse, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.


SCHOTTKY, J.

This is a petition by Richard Vetter for a writ of mandate to compel the respondent superior court to issue its order permitting petitioner to inspect the statements of six witnesses relating to the alleged murder of John Morris who was allegedly slain by petitioner on September 6, 1960, at Folsom Prison.

Vetter was indicted for the crime of murder and for a violation of section 4500 of the Penal Code (assault with a deadly weapon by a convict...

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