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IN RE McCARTNEY

Docket No. Crim. 9944.

64 Cal.2d 830 (1966)

415 P.2d 782

51 Cal. Rptr. 894

In re MARGARET LOUISE McCARTNEY on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 7, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Fairfield and Ethelyn F. Black for Petitioner.

Evelle J. Younger, District Attorney, Harold J. Ackerman, Chief Deputy District Attorney, Harry Wood, Robert Lord and Harry B. Sondheim, Deputy District Attorneys, for Respondent.

TRAYNOR, C.J.

Petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus on the ground that her pending trial in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County is barred by the prohibition against double jeopardy and by the statute of limitations. (Cal. Const., art. I, § 13; Pen. Code, § 800.)

On November 14, 1961, the District Attorney of Los Angeles County filed an information in the superior court charging that petitioner committed murder on or about October 23, 1961...

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