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The People opposed the motion on the ground the statute was unconstitutional, as it purports to add a qualification for office not contained in the California Constitution. By a subsequent editorial, I discovered that a judge's residency is a requirement for a valid trial.' A declaration by defendant appended to the motion states 'That during August of this year, I discovered by reading the Appeal-Democrat that the judge who tried my case had admitted by a letter written to the Yuba County Board of Supervisors that he was not and is not now a resident of the County of Yuba. In addition, he challenges the admission into evidence of an autopsy photograph and contends the prosecutor committed prejudicial error by commenting on his failure to testify.ДЇollowing defendant's conviction but prior to sentencing defendant moved in propria persona for an arrest of judgment and a new trial on the ground the proceedings were void because the trial judge did not live in Yuba County.

#Ensher alexander and barsoom sarcamento ca code

*785 On appeal, defendant asserts he was illegally tried by a superior court judge who did not live in the county in which he sat, in violation of Government Code section 69502. Code, В§В§ 187, 12022.5), defendant was sentenced to 17 years to life in state prison. ]Д¬onvicted of second degree murder with a finding that he personally used a firearm (Pen. Scott Thorpe and Janet Neeley Kvarme, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent. Iglehart, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Arnold O. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Richard B. Specter, Deputy State Public Defender, for Defendant and Appellant. Laethem, State Public Defender, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, Jeff Gale, Chief Deputy State Public Defender, and Howard J. C007726.Д¬ourt of Appeals of California, Third District. 35 THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent,Д«URCH MICHAEL BOWEN, Defendant and Appellant.