In Re Evans

The sole contention of petitioner is that his confinement in the State Prison at Folsom, which is predicated upon a plea of guilty to a charge of grand theft, is unlawful in that at no time did he personally enter such a plea, and that therefore the trial court was without jurisdiction to proceed to judgment and sentence against him.

In support of his contention petitioner has filed herein a transcript of the proceedings at the time of pronouncing sentence, a portion of which reads as follows:

‘‘ The above entitled matter coming on for hearing at 2:00 o’clock P. M., on Monday, May 29,1944, in…