IN RE WILLIAMSON

Docket No. Crim. 5651.

43 Cal.2d 651 (1954)

276 P.2d 593

In re ALEXANDER WILLIAMSON, on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 24, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L.G. Hitchcock for Petitioner.

Joseph Maddux, District Attorney (Sonoma County), for Respondent.


EDMONDS, J.

Alexander Williamson, an inmate of the Sonoma County jail, by this proceeding in habeas corpus seeks his release from confinement. As ground for relief, he charges that the term of imprisonment specified in the order placing him on probation is for a period in excess of that authorized by law.

Petitioner and four other persons were indicted on three counts of grand theft and one count of "conspiracy to commit the crime of contracting without a...

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