SESSIONS v. WILSON

No. 20861.

372 F.2d 366 (1967)

Jackie Lee SESSIONS, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Lawrence E. WILSON, Warden California State Prison, San Quentin, California, Respondent and Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Dissenting Opinion January 30, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackie Lee Sessions, in pro. per.

Thomas C. Lynch, Atty. Gen. of Cal., Robert R. Granucci and Jackson L. Smith, Deputy Attys. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before CHAMBERS, HAMLEY and CECIL, Circuit Judges.


HAMLEY, Circuit Judge:

In January, 1957, in the Kern County, California Superior Court, Jackie Lee Sessions was convicted on his plea of guilty to the crime of armed robbery. Sessions, then eighteen years of age, was sentenced to imprisonment for from five years to life, and is presently confined at California State Prison, San Quentin, California. On January 13, 1966, he applied to the district court for a writ of habeas corpus. The application was denied, without...

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