IN RE WATSON

Docket No. Crim. 19806.

19 Cal.3d 646 (1977)

566 P.2d 243

139 Cal. Rptr. 609

In re CHARLES DENTON WATSON on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California.

July 15, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, Jack R. Winkler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, S. Clark Moore, Assistant Attorney General, Edward T. Fogel, Jr., and Nancy A. Saggese, Deputy Attorneys General, for Appellant.

Albert D. Silverman, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner.


OPINION

SULLIVAN, J.*

D.J. McCarthy, Superintendent of the California Men's Colony at San Luis Obispo appeals from an order granting Charles Denton Watson's petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking, pursuant to section 2900.5 of the Penal Code,1 285 days presentence credit for jail time spent in custody in Texas. (1a)

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