Legal Opinion
In Re Baird
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 30, 1957No. Crim. 3340PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBray, J.
The question raised by this petition for habeas corpus 1 is: Had the court under the circumstances here the right to proceed with the trial of a misdemeanor charge against the defendant, who had no attorney, in the absence of the defendant ?
Record
December 12, 1956, complaint was filed in the Municipal Court of the Southern Judicial District of San Mateo County charging Hilbert E. Baird, Jr., with violation of section 502, Vehicle Code (drunk driving). January 3, 1957, a jury trial was had in which the jury disagreed. Thereupon, in open court and in the presence of defendant and his then…
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3Cited by14 opinions
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