SIMPSON v. TEETS

No. 34458.

153 F.Supp. 893 (1957)

Henry C. SIMPSON, Petitioner, v. Harley O. TEETS, Warden, California State Prison, San Quentin, California, Respondent.

United States District Court N. D. California, S. D.

Appeal Dismissed October 3, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Thacher, San Francisco, Cal., for petitioner.

Edmund G. Brown, Atty. Gen., State of California, Clarence A. Linn, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Arlo E. Smith, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., for respondent.


Appeal Dismissed October 3, 1957. See 248 F.2d 465.

ROCHE, Chief Judge.

Petitioner, Henry Simpson, was convicted of counseling, advising, and encouraging his 13 year old son to kill Simpson's wife. After trial by jury a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree was returned, without recommendation, and a sentence of death imposed.

The California Supreme Court, on the mandatory appeal unanimously affirmed the...

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