IN RE SHELLEY

Docket No. 7929.

197 Cal.App.2d 199 (1961)

16 Cal. Rptr. 916

In re DENYS D. SHELLEY on Habeas Corpus.

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

November 21, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hertzberg and Geretz for Petitioner.

Harold W. Kennedy, County Counsel (Los Angeles), and Robert C. Lynch, Deputy County Counsel, for Respondent.

Edgar R. Bardin for Real Party in Interest.


FRAMPTON, J. pro tem.*

Petitioner seeks his release from custody after having been sentenced to the county jail for contempt of court. His commitment was the result of a hearing on an order to show cause ancillary to a divorce action filed by his wife. He claims he was denied his constitutional right to be represented by counsel at such hearing.

The petition herein was verified and...

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