PEOPLE v. WINDHAM

Docket No. Crim. 19515.

19 Cal.3d 121 (1977)

560 P.2d 1187

137 Cal. Rptr. 8

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WILLIAM HARMON WINDHAM, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

March 15, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Peter J. Paoli, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Stuart W. Knight, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Daniel J. Kremer, Assistant Attorney General, Karl J. Phaler and A. Wells Petersen, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

WRIGHT, J.,*

Contrary to an earlier conclusion reached by this court in People v. Sharp (1972) 7 Cal.3d 448 [103 Cal.Rptr. 233, 499 P.2d 489], the United States Supreme Court has held that a defendant in a state criminal trial has a federal constitutional right to represent...

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