PORTER v. WILSON

No. 42788.

245 F.Supp. 396 (1965)

William Eugene PORTER, Petitioner, v. Lawrence E. WILSON, Respondent.

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

August 6, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dean L. Bender, San Francisco, Cal., for William Eugene Porter.

Thomas Lynch, Atty. Gen., of California, Albert W. Harris, Jr., and Michael J. Phelan, Asst. Attys. Gen., for Lawrence E. Wilson.


WEIGEL, District Judge.

On May 11, 1961, petitioner was convicted by a California court, sitting without a jury, for possession of a firearm by a felon and for possession of a concealed weapon. He seeks a writ of habeas corpus here.

The substantial issue presented is as to the legality of the search and seizure which produced the evidence essential to conviction.1

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