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DIXON v. DUFFY

No. 4.

344 U.S. 143 (1952)

73 S.Ct. 193

97 L.Ed. 153

DIXON v. DUFFY, WARDEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 8, 1952.

Continued November 5, 1951.

Further continued May 12, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin C. Stark, acting under appointment by the Court, argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General of California, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Howard S. Goldin, Deputy Attorney General.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE VINSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case originated on October 21, 1950, when petitioner, a prisoner in San Quentin, filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus in the Supreme Court of California. That court, summarily, but with two dissents, denied the application. To review this decision, petitioner applied to this Court for certiorari. The Court granted the petition, 341 U.S. 938, and...

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