SMITH v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 29246.

234 Cal.App.2d 1 (1965)

43 Cal. Rptr. 869

CHESTER SMITH, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Respondent.

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

April 27, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chester Smith, in pro. per., for Petitioner.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Edward M. Belasco, Deputy Attorney General, James W. Powell, District Attorney, and Robert N. Tait, Assistant District Attorney, for Respondent.


FRAMPTON, J. pro tem.*

On March 5, 1965, petitioner, in propria persona, filed a document in this court entitled "Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus and a Jury Trial." From this document it appears that petitioner in the respondent court had demanded, and had been refused, a jury trial on the issue of his then sanity. This court treated the document as a petition for a writ of mandate and issued an order to show cause why a peremptory...

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