Legal Opinion
People v. Clarke
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 29, 1956No. Nov. 29, 1956PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT.
About once out of every 50 eases, we wish we had the power to certify the appeal to a higher court. This is one of those cases. However, we have no power to certify, and so discharge our responsibility to decide.
In the first place, the appeal is “from that certain order made and entered by the court in this action on the 10th day of May, 1956, sentencing defendant to two years in the county jail.” In spite of the long and growing list of cases dismissing appeals from sentences (see key number 1023(10) of “Criminal Law,” West’s Cal. Digest) broken only by People v. Lopez (1941), 43…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- People v. PutnamCalifornia Supreme Court · 1942
- People v. LewisCalifornia Supreme Court · 1939
- People v. TokichCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1954
- People v. LopezCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1941
- People v. PhairCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1934
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3Cited by5 opinions
- People v. PerkinsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1957
- People v. McDonoughCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1961
- People v. McDonoughCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1961
- In Re ClarkeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1957
- People v. ClarkeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1956