People v. Cantrell

Defendant was found guilty of the crime of arson, in violation of Penal Code § 447a 1 and, on June 17, 1954, was sentenced to State Prison for the term prescribed by law. An appeal taken by defendant from this judgment was dismissed on December 27, 1954, pursuant to rule 17(a) and rule 30, Rules on Appeal, no appellant’s brief having been filed.

On March 8, 1961, defendant filed a motion for modification of judgment, which motion was denied on that date. This is an appeal from the “final judgment” (presumably the judgment of June 17, 1954), and from the order denying motion for modification of…