Court Opinion

ID: 9847473
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:00:17.692375+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:17:14.539740
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EDMONDS, J.
I concur in the order denying the motion to vacate the stay of execution and in the statement of the record upon which this court denied Chessman’s last petition for habeas corpus. However, I adhere to the conclusions stated by me in People v. Chessman, 35 Cal.2d 455 [218 P.2d 769, 19 A.L.R.2d 1084], and People v. Chessman, 38 Cal.2d 166 [238 P.2d 1001], concerning the record on appeal which was considered in each of those cases.
In the first of these cases the court said: “We perceive no legal impropriety and no unfairness in placing on an appellant in the situation of Chessman the burden of showing either prejudicial error in the record or that the record is so inadequate that he is unable to show such error. Inconsequential inaccuracies or omissions in a record cannot prejudice a party; if in truth there does exist some consequential inaccuracy or omission, the appellant must show what it is and why it is consequential.” (P. 462.) As I there stated, I do not agree with that holding, but it is a judicial determination against Chessman upon the question which he is attempting to relitigate. Even if it be assumed that in his most recent petitions Chessman stated facts not previously presented to this court, he has made no attempt to meet the requirements laid upon him by the prior decisions.