Court Opinion

ID: 9856082
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 06:37:47.207494+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:26:00.128257
License: Public Domain

CARTER, J., Concurring and Dissenting.
Because it is and always has been my view that mandamus is not available to determine the sanity of a person under sentence of death and that habeas corpus is the only remedy available to such a person, I concur in the order for the dismissal of the appeal. I dissent from the holding in the majority opinion that there can be no judicial review of the determination of the warden as to the sanity of a person under sentence of death as it is my opinion that habeas corpus is available to review such a determination. (See concurring and dissenting opinion of Mr. Justice Schauer in Phyle v. Duffy, 34 Cal.2d 144 [208 P.2d 668], and my dissent in McCracken v. Teets, *31141 Cal.2d 648, 654 [262 P.2d 561].) I agree with the views expressed by Mr. Justice Schauer in his concurring opinion in the case at bar with respect to the availability of the writ of habeas corpus in a case such as this, and on the record before us, such remedy should be available to the petitioner here.