IN RE TUCKER

Docket No. Crim. 8251.

64 Cal.2d 15 (1966)

409 P.2d 921

48 Cal. Rptr. 697

In re FORREST S. TUCKER on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 26, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Forrest S. Tucker, in pro. per., and Robert C. Anderson, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Doris H. Maier, Assistant Attorney General, and Edsel W. Haws, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.


PEEK, J.

By his application for the writ of habeas corpus Forrest S. Tucker, an inmate of Folsom Prison, seeks relief from the determination that he is an habitual criminal within the terms of subdivision (a) of section 644 of the Penal Code. He also challenges the quality of the representation afforded him by court-appointed counsel on appeal and urges that we recall the remittitur and reinstate his appeal.

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