People v. Adamson

Defendant, an inmate of San Quentin State Prison, is under sentence of death. He has brought before us a purported appeal from an order sustaining without leave to amend a demurrer to his “Petition . . . for a Writ of Error Coram Nobis.” The People move to dismiss the appeal as being “irregular, frivolous, sham and . . . [seeking] only groundless delay in the execution of a valid final judgment,” and also move to vacate an order of the trial court staying execution of sentence. It appearing on the face of the record that the purported appeal is from a nonappealable order, we have concluded…