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WRIGHT v. CRAVEN

No. 50677.

325 F.Supp. 1253 (1971)

Roland Wayne WRIGHT, Petitioner, v. Walter E. CRAVEN, Warden, Respondent.

United States District Court, N. D. California.

March 25, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles G. Miller, San Francisco, Cal., for petitioner.

Thomas C. Lynch, Atty. Gen. of State of Cal., San Francisco, Cal., Don Jacobson, Deputy Atty. Gen., for respondent.

ORDER GRANTING WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

WOLLENBERG, District Judge.

An "habitch" in California prison parlance is an inmate subject to a mandatory life sentence following a finding of habitual criminality as defined by Calif.Pen.Code, § 644(b).1

Petitioner is an "habitch". A 1962 information, charging him with various offenses including robbery and carrying a concealed weapon, also recited six prior convictions suffered...

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