People v. Sorensen

Appellant was convicted on October 2, 1945, of violations of section 288, Penal Code, and of section 702, Welfare and Institutions Code, and is now confined in the state penitentiary. On August 1, 1951, he filed in the superior court in propria persona a petition for a writ of error coram nobis and this appeal is taken from the order of that court denying his petition.

The court appointed counsel to represent the appellant on this appeal and such counsel urges the following points : From his petition it appears that appellant was denied a jury trial and a public trial by reason of the fraud of…