HESTER v. CRAVEN

Civ. No. 70-832-F.

322 F.Supp. 1256 (1971)

Thomas Carl HESTER, Petitioner, v. Walter E. CRAVEN, Warden, Respondent.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

February 17, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Payson, Beverly Hills, Cal., for petitioner.

Evelle J. Younger, Atty. Gen., Los Angeles, Cal., William E. James, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jeffrey C. Freedman, Deputy Atty. Gen., for respondent.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER CONDITIONALLY GRANTING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

FERGUSON, District Judge.

Petitioner, a California state prisoner, seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his present incarceration in Folsom Prison. He was convicted of first degree robbery (California Penal Code § 211) in Los Angeles Superior Court on November 21, 1958, and sentenced to serve an indeterminate sentence of from five...

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