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People v. Roberts

Supreme Court of California
Apr 24, 1953
40 Cal.2d 749 (Cal. 1953)

Opinion

Docket No. Crim. 5404.

April 24, 1953.

APPEAL from an order of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County denying a writ of error coram nobis. Harry J. Borde, Judge pro tem. Appeal dismissed.

Assigned by Chairman of Judicial Council.

Carroll Eugene Roberts, in pro. per., and Albert S. Friedlander, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and William E. James, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


Defendant, acting in propria persona, sought a writ of error coram nobis claiming that he was not guilty and had been induced, by fraud and promises of lenient treatment, to plead guilty to a charge of forgery. His petition was denied by a minute order entered under date of May 19, 1952, and his notice of appeal, dated June 26, was filed on June 30th. The prosecution has moved to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the notice was not filed within 10 days after the making of the order as required by rule 31 of the Rules on Appeal. ( 36 Cal.2d 26.)

[1] It appears from the face of the notice of appeal that it was filed too late and that the appeal should be dismissed. ( People v. Behrmann, 34 Cal.2d 459, 461-462 [ 211 P.2d 575]; In re Horowitz, 33 Cal.2d 534, 537 [ 203 P.2d 513].) [2] The appeal must also be dismissed for the further reason that it has become moot by reason of our decision in the companion case of In re Roberts, ante, p. 745 [ 255 P.2d 782], wherein we set aside the judgment which Roberts attacked herein.

The appeal is dismissed.

Shenk, J., Edmonds, J., Carter, J., Traynor, J., and Spence, J., concurred.


I concur on the ground that the appeal is moot.


Summaries of

People v. Roberts

Supreme Court of California
Apr 24, 1953
40 Cal.2d 749 (Cal. 1953)
Case details for

People v. Roberts

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE, Respondent, v. CARROLL EUGENE ROBERTS, Appellant

Court:Supreme Court of California

Date published: Apr 24, 1953

Citations

40 Cal.2d 749 (Cal. 1953)
255 P.2d 784

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