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PURVIS v. STATE OF CALIFORNIA

No. 42639.

234 F.Supp. 147 (1964)

Thomas E. PURVIS, Petitioner, v. The STATE OF CALIFORNIA, and the Superior Court of the State of California, for the County of Alameda, Respondent.

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

September 11, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Nunes, Public Defender, Oakland, Cal., for petitioner.

Stanley Mosk, Atty. Gen., State of California and Albert W. Harris, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., and John F. Kraetzer, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., for respondent.

WOLLENBERG, District Judge.

On December 19, 1957, petitioner was arrested for the murder of his paramour, Hazel Wilson. On January 30, 1958, an information was filed against him in the Superior Court of Alameda County, State of California. He was brought to trial on September 29, 1958 and on October 9, 1958 a jury found him guilty of first degree murder. Pursuant to the California bifurcated trial procedure (Cal. Pen.Code...

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