California Court of Appeal

Under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers, codified by Penal Code section 1389, prisoner in out-of-state prison must mail request for speedy trial to the warden of out-of-state prison, and wrong advice from prison law librarian will not excuse the error.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/19/2001
• Published 04/19/2001

Judges

• WILLHITE, J.*

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  William L. Heyman, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Thousands Oaks, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Carol Wendelin Pollack, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Mary Sanchez, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, J. Andrew Niedrick, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.