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PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS

Docket No. 6444.

265 Cal.App.2d 951 (1968)

71 Cal. Rptr. 871

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. GENE EDWARD WILLIAMS, Defendant and Appellant.

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

September 24, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack G. Cohen, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Robert R. Granucci and Timothy G. Laddish, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

CHRISTIAN, J.

Appellant was found guilty in 1962 of possessing heroin (Health & Saf. Code, § 11500). He was placed in the California Rehabilitation Center for treatment of addiction (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 3051) and almost five years later was returned to court. Probation was then denied and judgment was pronounced. [1] On appeal, it is contended that trial counsel's incompetence amounted to a denial of due process. Specifically it is...

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