CHALEFF v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 47919.

69 Cal.App.3d 721 (1977)

138 Cal. Rptr. 735

GERALD L. CHALEFF, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

March 17, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Wilbur F. Littlefield, Public Defender, John M. Moore, Chief Deputy Public Defender, and Harold E. Shabo, Deputy Public Defender, for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.


OPINION

THOMPSON, J.

(1) This is a petition for writ of review to test the validity of trial court action adjudicating a deputy public defender in contempt of court for refusal to act as an adviser to a defendant who had been granted permission to proceed in propria persona in a criminal proceeding. It raises the issue of the obligation of a deputy public defender to accept...

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