Gary Kennick v. Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles

NORRIS, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Gary Kennick was convicted of four counts of grand theft after a jury trial in the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles. He now challenges this conviction in a habeas corpus proceeding brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253.

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On June 28, 1978, appellant was sentenced to three years probation. The probation sentence was subject to several conditions, the most important of which was that appellant spend the first year of the sentence in county jail. At the time of sentencing, appellant was also granted bail on appeal in the amount of $2,000,…