Hardeman
People v. Hardeman
Opinion
Opinion
Sims, J.
Defendant has appealed from an order granting him probation following jury verdicts which convicted him of conspiracy to pervert and obstruct justice and the due administration of the laws in violation of subdivision 5 of section 182 of the Penal Code, and of conspiracy to commit arson in violation of subdivision 1 of that section.
On October 8, 1964, an indictment was returned charging defendant and one Wiekholm with conspiracy to pervert and obstruct justice in Count I, defendant and Wiekholm and one Sherman with arson in Count II, and the same three with conspiracy to commit arson in Count III. The motion of this defendant to have the indictment set aside under the provisions of section 995 of the Penal Code was denied, and his general and special demurrer to Count I of the indictment was overruled. Following the entry of not guilty pleas, the matter was regularly set down for trial and tried commencing January 26, 1965. On March 9, 1965, after 23 days of trial and approximately 19 hours of deliberation, the jury returned verdicts finding defendant and Wiekholm guilty as charged in Count I; Wiekholm and Sherman guilty as charged in Count II, and all three guilty as charged in…