People v. Slater
| Decision Date | 26 July 1957 |
| Docket Number | Cr. 5962 |
| Citation | 313 P.2d 111,152 Cal.App.2d 814 |
| Court | California Court of Appeals Court of Appeals |
| Parties | The PEOPLE of the State of California, Plaintiff and Respondent. v. John Robert SLATER, Defendant and Appellant. |
John Robert Slater in pro. per., for appellant.
Edmund G. Brown, Atty. Gen., for respondent.
This is an appeal from an order denying a petition for writ of error coram nobis whereby petition sought to vacate an order revoking probation.
An information was filed against petitioner in 1952, charging him with the commission of burglary, and alleging three prior felony convictions, to wit, robbery, murder and attempted extortion. It was alleged that Slater had served terms in the state prisons of Ohio and California for robbery and murder and that he had served a term in a federal prison on the charge of attempted extortion.
Petitioner pleaded guilty to burglary and the court found the offense to be burglary of the second degree; the court also found to be true the allegations of the prior convictions. On August 12, 1952, petitioner was sentenced to state prison for the term prescribed by law but sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation for five years on condition that he obtain employment and make restitution as directed by the probation department.
December 23, 1953, petitioner filed notice of motion to terminate probation, alleging compliance with the conditions of probation; he also submitted affidavits of friends and business acquaintances in support of that allegation. The probation department filed a report recommending denial of the motion and further recommending revocation of probation and execution of the suspended sentence. The report stated that petitioner had violated the conditions of probation in that he had not made restitution, had not registered as an ex-convict, was guilty of an assault upon his roommate, and had fled the scene of the affray before the police arrived. On February 12, 1954, after a hearing in Slater's presence, the court revoked his probation and remanded him to custody for the term prescribed by law.
March 29, 1957, the instant petition was filed, setting forth as grounds for issuance of the writ that petitioner is innocent of the violations of probation set out in the report, that the court refused to allow his witnesses to testify at the hearing, and that the order revoking probation was made through mistake of fact. The court below denied the petition, holding that it stated no facts which would entitled petitioner to relief.
Upon application of petitioner for appointment of counsel, this court referred the matter to the Los Angeles Bar Association Committee on Criminal Appeals. The record on appeal was examined by two members of the committee and a report was made to the court that in the attorneys' opinion no meritorious ground for appeal existed and that the filing of a brief would be unjustified. Petitioner was duly so advised and was given the opportunity to file a brief in his own behalf. No brief has been filed. In accordance with our practice we have made an independent examination of the record. See, People v. Logan, 137 Cal.App.2d 331, 290 P.2d 11.
In our opinion the writ was properly denied. A trial court has authority at...
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