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IN RE KETCHEL

Docket No. Crim. 11452.

68 Cal.2d 397 (1968)

438 P.2d 625

66 Cal. Rptr. 881

In re DONALD FLOYD KETCHEL on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 26, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien and John T. Murphy, Deputy Attorneys General, for Appellant.

Benjamin Dreyfus, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Garry, Dreyfus, McTernan & Brotsky for Respondent.

TOBRINER, J.

After defendant's conviction of murder in the first degree and sentence to death, this court appointed counsel on the automatic appeal (Pen. Code, § 1239, subd. (b)). [1a] We now face a narrow issue: whether we should affirm the trial court's order to the warden of the penitentiary to permit the examination of defendant by a psychiatrist selected by that counsel. Since we hold that counsel...

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