PEOPLE v. CASILLAS

Docket No. Crim. 7655.

61 Cal.2d 344 (1964)

392 P.2d 521

38 Cal. Rptr. 721

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. GILBERT A. CASILLAS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 3, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank C. Morales for Defendant and Appellant.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Albert W. Harris, Jr., and Robert R. Granucci, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


GIBSON, C.J.

Gilbert A. Casillas petitions for relief under rule 31(a) of the California Rules of Court from a late filing of a notice of appeal.

On October 18, 1963, petitioner was sentenced for sale of narcotics, and his trial attorney informed the court that petitioner intended to appeal and promised petitioner he would file the required notice.1 On November 4, 1963 (seven days late), the attorney had a notice of appeal delivered...

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