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IN RE DENNIS

Docket No. Crim. 6364.

51 Cal.2d 666 (1959)

335 P.2d 657

In re BARNEY A. DENNIS, on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 2, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Casper & Jensen and William E. Jensen for Petitioner.

Edmund G. Brown and Stanley Mosk, Attorneys General, Clarence A. Linn, Chief Assistant Attorney General, and John S. McInerny, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

CARTER, J.

Barney A. Dennis was convicted and sentenced to state prison in 1954 on two counts of assault with intent to commit murder and four counts of assault with a deadly weapon. A petition for a writ of habeas corpus has been filed on his behalf in this court.1

The only contention is that Dennis was tried, convicted and sentenced while insane and that therefore he is illegally confined in San Quentin Prison.

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