IN RE SMITH

Docket No. Crim. 4949.

33 Cal.2d 797 (1949)

205 P.2d 662

In re WALTER J. SMITH, on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 3, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter J. Smith, in pro. per., for Petitioner.

Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


SCHAUER, J.

By this application for the writ of habeas corpus petitioner, an inmate of Folsom State Prison, seeks his release upon the ground that on March 16, 1947, the term of his imprisonment as then fixed by the Adult Authority, with credits earned and allowed, expired. This contention, as will hereinafter appear, is not sustained by the record.

In 1942, petitioner began service of concurrent sentences for attempted robbery, robbery of the first degree...

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