Rupp

This is a motion to dismiss an appeal from an order and judgment denying a petition for a writ of mandate.

*648 Appellant was sentenced to death following his conviction of first degree murder, and, on August 14, 1953, this court affirmed the judgment and the order denying a new trial. (People v. Rupp, 41 Cal.2d 371 [ 260 P.2d 1 ].) On November 17, 1954, and February 1, 1955, respectively, we denied his petitions for a writ of habeas corpus and for a stay of execution pending an appeal in that proceeding to the United States Supreme Court. That court denied certiorari on March 28, 1955. (Rupp v. Teets, 348 U.S. 977 [ 75 S.Ct. 540 , 99 L.Ed. 761 ].) Thereafter, appellant sought unsuccessfully to obtain habeas corpus in the federal courts. (In re Rupp’s Petition, 142 F.Supp. 821 , aff’d, Rupp v. Teets, 235 F.2d 674 ; cert, den., 352 U.S. 900 [ 77 S.Ct. 139 , 1 L.Ed.2d 92 ].)

The date set for appellant’s execution was February 1, 1957. On the morning of that day, the mandamus petition involved here was filed in the Superior Court of Marin County on appellant’s behalf by his sister to compel the warden of San Quentin prison to institute proceedings for the purpose of determining the…

I concur in the conclusion reached in the majority opinion on the same ground and for the same'reasons expressed in my concurring and dissenting opinion in Caritativo v. Teets, 47 Cal.2d 304, 310 [ 303 P.2d 339 ].