In Re Neely

Opinion

GEORGE, J.

While his appeal from a judgment imposing the death penalty was pending before this court (see People v. Neely, ante, p. 877 [26 Cal.Rptr.2d 189, 864 P.2d 460]), petitioner Charles Frederick Neely filed the petition for writ of habeas corpus which gave rise to the present proceeding. This petition, in part reiterating petitioner’s contentions on appeal, alleged, among other claims, that numerous failings by his trial counsel deprived petitioner of his right to the effective assistance of counsel. Concluding that the petition stated a prima facie claim for relief, we issued an…