Charlton v. Superior Court

Opinion

SCOTT, Acting P. J.

Petitioner Randall Charlton was convicted of first degree murder in 1974. Thereafter Charlton petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, contending that his trial counsel was incompetent. In November 1978, the California Supreme Court issued an order to show cause, returnable before the San Francisco County Superior Court to inquire into the validity of petitioner’s contention. At the hearing to set the order to show cause for hearing and to appoint counsel, Michael Korn, the attorney who had filed the habeas corpus petition, advised the court that petitioner was…