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RUPP v. TEETS

No. 14861.

235 F.2d 674 (1956)

William Francis RUPP, Appellant, v. Harley O. TEETS, as Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin, California, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Writ of Certiorari Denied November 5, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. J. Zirpoli, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Atty. Gen., Clarence A. Linn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Arlo E. Smith, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, for appellee.

Before HEALY, POPE and FEE, Circuit Judges.

POPE, Circuit Judge.

The appellant Rupp is held by Warden Teets, the appellee, pursuant to a judgment and commitment of a California Superior Court imposing the death penalty by reason of Rupp's conviction of murder in the first degree. The killing was in an attempt to perpetrate rape.

After an unsuccessful appeal to the California Supreme Court, People v. Rupp, 41 Cal.2d 371, 260 P.2d 1

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