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NEWTON v. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA

No. 85-1747.

803 F.2d 1051 (1986)

Huey P. NEWTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, In and For the COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred J. Heistand, Sacramento, Cal., for petitioner-appellant.

Clifford K. Thompson, Jr., San Francisco, Cal., for respondent-appellee.

Before CHOY, ALARCON and BEEZER, Circuit Judges.

ALARCON, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner/appellant Huey P. Newton, a California prisoner convicted in 1978 of possessing a concealable firearm as a felon in violation of Cal.Penal Code § 12021(a) (West Supp.1986), appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He contends that (1) the respondent/appellee Superior Court of California for the County of Alameda (hereinafter the state trial court) unconstitutionally failed to give...

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