(DOWNLOAD) "In Re Masching" by Supreme Court Of California # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: In Re Masching
- Author : Supreme Court Of California
- Release Date : January 25, 1953
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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Petitioner was convicted in the municipal court of violating section 502 of the Vehicle Code, which provides that driving a vehicle upon a highway while under the influence of intoxicating liquor is a misdemeanor, and the judgment was affirmed on appeal to the appellate department of the superior court. The validity of the judgment of conviction is attacked in this habeas corpus proceeding on the grounds that petitioner was denied the right to be represented by counsel, that he was deprived of the right to a jury trial, and that the sentence imposed upon him is illegal. The District Court of Appeal issued a writ of habeas corpus and subsequently discharged it, and a petition for hearing was then granted by this court.*fn* We have determined that the conviction was improper because petitioner was denied his right