IN RE GRAY

Docket No. 12705.

123 Cal.App.3d 614 (1981)

176 Cal. Rptr. 721

In re DUDLEY GRAY on Habeas Corpus.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Two.

September 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Dudley Gray, in pro. per., for Petitioner.

Quin Denvir, State Public Defender, Charles M. Sevilla, Chief Deputy State Public Defender, and Ephriam Margolin as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

George Deukmejian, Attorney General, Robert H. Philibosian, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Daniel J. Kremer, Assistant Attorney General, Steven V. Adler and Jay M. Bloom, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.


OPINION

GARDNER, P.J.

(1) In this case we hold that the attorney-client privilege is waived as to matters put in issue in habeas corpus proceedings where the competency of defendant's trial attorney is at issue.

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