Chessman v. Superior Court

Petitioner seeks a writ of mandate directing respondent court to take the following action in connection with proceedings before it which resulted in the resettlement of a reporter’s transcript on appeal in People v. Chessman (Crim. No. 5006 in the files of this court) :

“1. To vacate ... its March 13, 1958 nunc pro tunc minute ‘order’ appointing Stanley Fraser an expert under § 1871 of the Code of Civil Procedure 1 . . . with instructions that if it again wishes to attempt to make such an order (assuming this Court finds it has the power to do so under any circumstances) it must put Chessman…