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IN RE HILL

Docket Nos. Crim. 12007, 12146, 12125.

71 Cal.2d 997 (1969)

458 P.2d 449

80 Cal. Rptr. 537

In re JOSHUA N. HILL on Habeas Corpus. In re JAMES W. SAUNDERS on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

September 11, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James William Saunders, in pro. per., Michael E. Ballachey, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Paul N. Halvonik, Gary D. Berger, Jerome B. Falk, Jr., Charles Stephen Ralston, John Bartko, Anthony G. Amsterdam, Richard Bancroft, Roy Eisenhardt, Jack Greenberg, Leroy D. Clark, Marshall Krause, Harry J. Kreamer, Garfield Stewart and Nathaniel Colley for Petitioners.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, and Philip C. Griffin, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

SULLIVAN, J.

These separate petitions for writs of habeas corpus present common questions as to the lawfulness of petitioners' confinement at the California State Prison at San Quentin. We therefore proceed to treat them together.

Joshua N. Hill and James W. Saunders, petitioners, along with a third codefendant, Ben Madorid, after a joint trial were convicted of murder, assault with intent to commit murder and robbery. The jury found the robbery and murder...

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