BOSTICK v. CRAVEN

No. 24629.

429 F.2d 23 (1970)

George W. BOSTICK, Jr., Appellant, v. Walter E. CRAVEN, Warden, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

June 23, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Bostick, Jr., in pro. per.

Thomas C. Lynch, Atty. Gen., Wm. E. James, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferey T. Miller, Deputy Atty. Gen., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before ELY, CARTER and KILKENNY, Circuit Judges.


JAMES M. CARTER, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, serving a life sentence for murder following a plea of guilty, petitioned below for a writ of habeas corpus. The District Court denied relief without a hearing. We affirm.

Appellant and three accomplices were convicted, in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, of robbery-murder. The jury imposed the death penalty on appellant, and his three accomplices were given life imprisonment. Subsequently, however, the California...

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