Rummler

An information in two counts charged defendant Rummler with (count I) violation of Business and Professions Code section 2141.5 (willful and hazardous practice of medicine without a license), a felony, on or about 24 September 1970, and (count II) violation of Penal Code section 487, subdivision 1, i.e.: grand theft, a felony, the same day. Defendant pled not guilty. A jury found him guilty of count I and not guilty of count II. Further criminal proceedings were suspended and defendant was ordered placed upon three years’ probation under various conditions. He appeals from the order for probation (judgment, Pen. Code, § 1237).

In the trial court and here defendant appears in pro. per. His first contention is that a withdrawal, at one time, of his pro. per. status “was intended to handicap and did severely handicap his defense.” The clerk’s transcript discloses that on 29 March 1973, defendant’s motion to appear in pro. per. was denied but that, seven days later, on 5 April 1973, the same judge (Rosenthal) granted him such right and, thereafter, he so appeared, filing numerous motions. The trial did not begin until October 1973. Our attention is invited to no part of the…