IN RE HALL

Docket No. Crim. 8880.

63 Cal.2d 115 (1965)

403 P.2d 389

45 Cal. Rptr. 133

In re MONROE SMITH HALL on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

June 30, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don Edgar Burris and E.V. Cavanagh for Petitioner.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and Gordon Ringer, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


McCOMB, J.

An application for a writ of habeas corpus has been filed by Don Edgar Burris on behalf of Monroe Smith Hall (hereafter called petitioner) alleging that he is being illegally detained at Folsom State Prison.

Facts: Petitioner was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon, the maximum penalty being 10 years' imprisonment (Pen. Code, § 245). He entered state prison on June 23, 1954, and on November 23, 1959, his term was fixed by the Adult...

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