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CONWAY v. ADULT AUTHORITY

No. 40.

396 U.S. 107 (1969)

CONWAY v. CALIFORNIA ADULT AUTHORITY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 8, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Stephen Ralston, by appointment of the Court, 394 U.S. 941, argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

Arlo E. Smith, Chief Assistant Attorney General of California, argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, and George R. Nock, Deputy Attorney General.

PER CURIAM.

The petition for habeas corpus in this case, which was filed in the District Court for the Northern District of California and which was prepared by petitioner pro se, attacked the constitutionality of petitioner's confinement in the state prison system pursuant to the California Indeterminate Sentence Law.1 Petitioner recited that he was convicted in 1952 on two counts of first...

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