In Re Imbler

Petitioner was convicted of first degree murder and of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to commit murder. The jury fixed his penalty at death. This court affirmed the judgment and an order denying a motion for new trial. (People v. Imbler, 57 Cal.2d 711 [21 Cal.Rptr. 568, 371 P.2d 304].) In this proceeding, petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus, coram vobis, or other appropriate relief.

On January 4, 1961, two men entered a Los Angeles market, one of them shot and fatally wounded Morris Has-son, the proprietor, and they departed in different directions. The only eyewitness to the…