CHARLTON v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 45915.

93 Cal.App.3d 858 (1979)

156 Cal. Rptr. 107

RANDALL CHARLTON, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

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

June 7, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Michael Korn for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Edward P. O'Brien, Assistant Attorney General, William D. Stein and Herbert F. Wilkinson, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

SCOTT, Acting P.J.

Petitioner Randall Charlton was convicted of first degree murder in 1974. Thereafter Charlton petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, contending that his trial counsel was incompetent. In November 1978, the California Supreme Court issued an order to show cause, returnable before the San Francisco County Superior Court to inquire into the validity of petitioner's contention. At the hearing to set the order...

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