People v. Connor

On April 6, 1966, appellant walked into a division of the Los Angeles Police Department and announced, ‘11 have killed somebody.” He was arrested, booked, placed in handcuffs and interrogated. Thereafter, he was charged with murder in the first degree and to the information so charging he first pleaded “not guilty” and “not guilty by reason of insanity.” On the day set for trial he withdrew these pleas, pled “guilty” to first degree murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He did not appeal that judgment. Approximately eighteen months later, he filed in the Los Angeles Superior Court a…