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PEOPLE v. DUVALL

Docket No. S032489.

9 Cal.4th 464 (1995)

886 P.2d 1252

37 Cal. Rptr.2d 259

THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. ROY CLIFFORD DUVALL, Defendant and Appellant. In re ROY CLIFFORD DUVALL on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California.

January 19, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

J. Bradley O'Connell, under appointment by the Supreme Court, and Sally McGough, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant and for Petitioner.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, John H. Sugiyama and Ronald A. Bass, Assistant Attorneys General, Stan M. Helfman, Gerald A. Engler and Morris Beatus, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

LUCAS, C.J.

We granted review in this case to address certain procedural rules governing petitions for writs of habeas corpus in this state. Specifically, we are concerned here with the legal sufficiency of the People's return to an order to show cause that was issued by the Court of Appeal. As we explain, although we agree with the appellate court's interpretation of prior case law applicable to habeas corpus petitions, the...

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