Case Name: THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WILLIE FERREL, Defendant and Appellant
Court: District Court of Appeal of the State of California
Jurisdiction: California
Decision Date: 1961-12-29
Citations: 198 Cal. App. 2d 731
Docket Number: Crim. No. 7773
Parties: THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WILLIE FERREL, Defendant and Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: California Appellate Reports, Second Series
Volume: 198
Pages: 731–731

Head Matter:
[Crim. No. 7773.
Second Dist., Div. Two.
Dec. 29, 1961.]
THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. WILLIE FERREL, Defendant and Appellant.
Willie P err el, in pro. per., for Defendant and Appellant.
Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, and Elizabeth Miller, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

Opinion:
ASHBURN, J.—
This appeal, taken by defendant in propria persona, was filed four days too late. There is no competent showing of governmental laxity which would excuse the delay under the doctrine of People v. Slobodion, 30 Cal.2d 362 [181 P.2d 868] and People v. Head, 46 Cal.2d 886 [299 P.2d 872]; hence the appeal must be dismissed (People v. Ayala, 148 Cal.App.2d 760 [307 P.2d 418]).
However, we have made a gratuitous but careful examination of the record and it appears therefrom that the judgment would have to be affirmed upon the merits if we had jurisdiction to pass upon the same.
The appeal is dismissed.
Pox, P. J., and Herndon, J., concurred.