In Re Karpf

—By thisapplication for a writ of habeas corpus, petitioner Richard Karpf seeks a review and an annulment of a judgment of the Municipal Court of the Los Angeles Judicial District (hereinafter “municipal court”) adjudging him in contempt and sentencing him forthwith to five days in the county jail.

The contempt proceeding below stems from a felony preliminary examination, People v. Yates, Los Angeles Municipal Court No. A-254089, in which petitioner was the defense counsel and which had commenced on January 13, 1970, in division 43 of the municipal court before the Honorable Nancy B. Goodman. At 5 p.m., she indicated that the proceedings would be adjourned to 9 a.m. the following morning (January 14, 1970) and instructed the witnesses to return at that time without further order. Petitioner objected claiming that the adjournment violated section 861 of the Penal Code. His objection was overruled. Petitioner then informed the court that he had another preliminary examination scheduled for 1 p.m. the following day in division 32 of the municipal court and that he would be held in contempt if he did not appear there. Judge Goodman then advised petitioner that his failure to…