WILSON v. DIXON

No. 15816.

256 F.2d 536 (1958)

James WILSON, Relator and Best Friend of Clifford Jefferson, Appellant, v. Fred DIXON, Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin, California, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

May 29, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Wilson, in pro. per., Jack Tenner, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Edmund G. Brown, Atty. Gen., Doris Maier, Wm. O. Minor, Deputy Attys. Gen., for appellee.

Before DENMAN, POPE and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges.


DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

Wilson, a convict confined in the Folsom State Prison at Represa, Sacramento County, California, suing as the next friend of Clifford Jefferson, a convict confined under sentence of death for a violation of § 4500 of the West's Ann. California Penal Code1 in the San Quentin State Prison, Marin County, California, appeals from a denial of his application for a writ of...

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