HOOK v. STATE OF ARIZONA

No. 73-1695.

496 F.2d 1172 (1974)

Evan Arthur HOOK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OF ARIZONA, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

May 15, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B. Michael Dann, (argued), Phoenix, Ariz., for petitioner-appellant.

Shirley H. Frondorf, Asst. Atty. Gen., (argued), Bud Moore, Asst. Atty. Gen., Gary K. Nelson, Atty. Gen., Phoenix, Ariz., for respondent-appellee.

Before BROWNING and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Appellant Evan Arthur Hook, an Arizona prisoner, filed a petition for habeas corpus alleging he had not been allowed credit on his prison sentence for 236 days of presentence confinement. He asserted that since his prison sentence was for the maximum term allowed by the applicable Arizona statute depriving him of this credit denied him equal protection of the law. He asked that the state be required to deduct the presentence time served...

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