PEOPLE v. NEWTON

Docket No. 378.

258 Cal.App.2d 572 (1968)

65 Cal. Rptr. 822

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. BURL NEWTON, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

February 1, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Sanderson, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier, Assistant Attorney General, and Stephen Cooper, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


STONE, J.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of possession of marijuana, two counts of manslaughter, and of driving while intoxicated. The jury found against defendant on his plea of not guilty by reason of insanity.

Upon this appeal defendant relies primarily upon the contention the court abused its discretion in denying his request to dismiss counsel the second day of the trial and to proceed in propria persona. [1] His other ground of appeal...

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