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CHESSMAN v. TEETS

No. 14621.

221 F.2d 276 (1955)

Caryl CHESSMAN, Appellant, v. Harley O. TEETS, Warden, California State Prison, San Quentin, California, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 6, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome A. Duffy, Berwyn A. Rice, San Rafael, Cal., for appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Atty. Gen., of California, Clarence Linn, Deputy Atty. Gen., of California, for appellee.

Before DENMAN, Chief Judge, and STEPHENS, HEALY, BONE, ORR, POPE, FEE and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judges.

DENMAN, Chief Judge.

Chessman appeals from an order of the District Court denying his application for a writ of habeas corpus. The record1 shows that among convictions on seventeen counts, he was convicted on two counts of an information charging him with the kidnapping of two young women for the purpose of robbery with bodily harm on which the jury found he should suffer the death penalty. The...

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