Legal Opinion
In Re Smith
California Supreme Court
Decided July 9, 1970No. Crim. 13795PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, J.
Petitioner, John Alexander Smith, is presently incarcerated at San Quentin under sentence imposed in 1967 after he was convicted of two counts of kidnaping (Pen. Code, § 207), one count of rape (Pen. Code, § 261, subd. 3), and one count of attempted kidnaping (Pen. Code, §§ 207 and 664). We issued an order to show cause in response to his petition in propria persona for a writ of habeas corpus to consider the contention that he was deprived of his right to the effective assistance of counsel on appeal. This is a case of first impression on the subject of incompetency of…
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