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CHESSMAN v. TEETS

No. 15092.

239 F.2d 205 (1956)

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

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 20, 1956.

Opinions on Denial of Rehearing November 27 and November 28, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George T. Davis, San Francisco, Cal., Rosalie S. Asher, Sacramento, Cal., Caryl Chessman, in pro. per., for appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Atty. Gen., Clarence A. Linn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Arlo E. Smith, Deputy Atty. Gen., State of Cal., for appellee.

Before DENMAN, Chief Judge, and LEMMON and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges.

HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order denying Caryl Chessman's eleventh application for a writ of habeas corpus.

He was convicted on May 21, 1948, of seventeen felonies.1 Two sentences of death and fifteen sentences of imprisonment were entered on June 25, 1948. Following denial of his motion for a new trial, Chessman appealed to the California supreme court.

While this appeal was pending, appellant instituted...

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