People v. Hough

THE COURT.

This is an appeal from an order denying a petition for a writ of error coram nobis, by which petition defendant sought to have vacated the judgments and sentences of death previously entered upon his pleas of guilty to two counts of murder as charged in an amended indictment.

The extreme penalty had been imposed after the trial court had taken evidence to determine the degree of the crimes and to fix the punishment, and the judgments had been affirmed on appeal. (People v. Hough, 24 Cal.2d 535 [150 P.2d 444].) During the pendency of said appeal, defendant filed in this court a…