IN RE WHITE

Nos. C045684, C046271, C046677.

18 Cal.Rptr.3d 444 (2004)

121 Cal.App.4th 1453

In re Jackie Don WHITE, On Habeas Corpus. In re Melvin Richard Pena, On Habeas Corpus. In re Renee Harris-Anderson, On Habeas Corpus.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

September 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Dangler, Sacramento, for Petitioners Jackie Don White, Melvin Richard Pena and Renee Harris-Anderson.

No appearance for Respondent, the People.

Anthony L. Dicce for Richard H. Dangler, Jr., on contempt and sanctions.


THE COURT.*

In these proceedings, we must decide what an appellate court can and should do when confronted by a petition for writ of habeas corpus that is frivolous because "it indisputably has no merit," i.e., "when any reasonable attorney would agree that the [petition] is totally and completely without merit." (In re Marriage of Flaherty (1982) 31 Cal.3d 637<...

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