In Re Baker

Opinion

WOOLPERT, Acting P. J.

Defendant and respondent William E. Baker has been found guilty twice of the same crime and separately sentenced to prison, the first time for six years and a second time for three years. The shorter three-year term was the result of a petition for habeas corpus relief being granted in the trial court on the basis of ineffective trial counsel. However, three weeks after the imposition of the new, three-year sentence, the appeal from the first judgment to this court was concluded by our order affirming the judgment sentencing defendant to prison for six years. This…