PEOPLE v. ABRAMS

Docket No. Crim. 10513.

67 Cal.2d 821 (1967)

433 P.2d 731

63 Cal. Rptr. 723

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. NORMAN ABRAMS, Defendant and Petitioner.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

December 1, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Abrams, in pro. per., and Jay Plotkin, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Petitioner.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, and Jerome C. Utz, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


PETERS, J.

This is a petition for relief under rule 31(a) of the California Rules of Court.

The problem presented is purely factual. Petitioner alleged that immediately after sentence, and well within the 10 days in which to appeal, he mailed a communication to the trial judge which, while ambiguous, could reasonably be interpreted as a request to notify the clerk of the superior court that petitioner appealed. Had such a communication been in fact mailed...

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