IN RE WHITTON

Docket No. 2448.

120 Cal.App.2d 608 (1953)

261 P.2d 775

In re JAMES EDWARD WHITTON, on Habeas Corpus.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

October 14, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Whitton, in pro. per., for Petitioner.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Gail Strader, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


VAN DYKE, P.J.

Petitioner seeks through habeas corpus proceedings to have his status as an habitual criminal fixed, he contending that upon the record of his conviction the trial court was without jurisdiction to declare him an habitual criminal, with three prior convictions. While not contending that two of these prior convictions were not valid priors within the meaning of section 644 of the Penal Code he does contend that this court should declare his status to...

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