IN RE WELLS

Docket No. Crim. 5114.

35 Cal.2d 889 (1950)

221 P.2d 947

In re WESLEY ROBERT WELLS on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

September 13, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.K. Curtright, Philip C. Wilkins and Charles R. Garry for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.


SCHAUER, J.

Wesley Robert Wells, who is confined in San Quentin State Prison under sentence of death, seeks habeas corpus on the grounds that execution of the sentence will deprive him of life without due process and violate other provisions of the federal and state Constitutions. We have concluded that his petition is devoid of merit.

The death penalty was imposed, pursuant to the mandate of the statute, upon Wells' conviction of violation of section 4500...

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