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PEOPLE v. DAVIS

Docket No. Crim. 8529.

62 Cal.2d 806 (1965)

402 P.2d 129

44 Cal. Rptr. 441

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. EDDIE LESLIE DAVIS, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 26, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eddie Leslie Davis, in pro. per., and Frank C. Morales, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, and Gordon Ringer, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

PETERS, J.

Petitioner, under rule 31(a) of the California Rules of Court, seeks relief from his default in failing to file his notice of appeal within the 10-day period required by that rule. [1] The rule itself provides for the granting of such relief in a proper case, and it is now settled law that the power thus conferred should be liberally exercised to avoid, if reasonably possible, the loss of the right to appeal. (See People v. Madrid...

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