In Re Cantrell

Opinion theft by the Superior Court of Los Angeles County in case #272943. The evidence was that contained in the transcript of the preliminary hearing, submitted by stipulation.

WHELAN, J.

In 1963 petitioner was found guilty of attempted grand

A part of that evidence was defendant’s detailed confession. The testimony of the complaining witness, which established the corpus delicti, was otherwise sufficient to prove petitioner’s complicity.

In 1963 petitioner had been addicted for several years to the use of narcotics. Criminal proceedings were suspended in case #272943 and on August 7, 1963,…