IN RE WARD

Docket No. Crim. 9713.

64 Cal.2d 672 (1966)

414 P.2d 400

51 Cal. Rptr. 272

In re JOHN ELBERT WARD on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

May 25, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Elbert Ward, in pro. per., and Robert Carl Anderson, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Edsel W. Haws and Daniel J. Kremer, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.


McCOMB, J.

Petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

In March 1945 petitioner, who was then serving in the Navy, was convicted of violating Penal Code sections in counts numbered, as follows: Count one — section 209 (kidnaping for robbery); count two — section 211 (first degree robbery); count three — section 211 (second degree robbery); count four — section 261 (rape); count five — section 209 (kidnaping for robbery); count...

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