Legal Opinion

In Re Johnston

California Supreme Court

Decided March 29, 1935No. Crim. 3838PublishedCited by 50 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.

A petition for hearing by this court was granted after decision by the District Court of Appeal, pursuant to which the petitioners were discharged in a habeas corpus proceeding after conviction in the superior court and while an appeal was pending in the District Court of Appeal.

The following statement of facts is taken from the opinion of the District Court of Appeal [36 Pac. (2d) 225] : “By an amended indictment filed in the superior court of Los Angeles county, petitioners were charged in several counts with having committed certain specified acts, to-wit, selling certain corporate stock…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. France v. Superior Court of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1927
  2. Oliver v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1928
  3. People v. KoehnCalifornia Supreme Court · 1929

3Cited by50 opinions

  1. State v. PalmerNebraska Supreme Court · 1986
  2. George Herman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
  3. State v. MooreNebraska Supreme Court · 1982
  4. People v. GilbertCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1938
  5. People v. YantCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1938

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