Legal Opinion
In Re Cunha
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 23, 1932No. Docket No. 1648PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNourse, P. J.
Petitioner seeks his release from a committment issued upon an order adjudging him in contempt and sentencing him to the maximum penalty of five days in jail and a $500 fine.
The proceedings rest upon the following state of facts: The petitioner was chief counsel for the defendant in an action entitled People v. Kelly pending in the Superior Court of Alameda County wherein the defendant was charged with manslaughter growing out of an automobile accident in which two persons were killed. The cause went to trial before Judge Fred Y. Wood and a jury on October 26, 1931. The cause was given to the…
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