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CHESSMAN v. TEETS

No. 34375.

138 F.Supp. 761 (1956)

Caryl CHESSMAN, Petitioner, v. Harley O. TEETS, Warden, California State Penitentiary, San Quentin, California, Respondent.

United States District Court N. D. California, S. D.

January 31, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George T. Davis, San Francisco, Cal., Rosalie Asher, Sacramento, Cal., for petitioner.

William M. Bennett, Arlo Smith, Deputy Attys. Gen., of the State of California, for respondent.

GOODMAN, District Judge.

The petition for a writ of habeas corpus herein was denied by this Court on January 4, 1955 upon the ground that, as a matter of law, it did not tender a federal question. Application of Chessman, 128 F.Supp. 600. The Court of Appeal of this Circuit, en banc, affirmed, 221 F.2d 276. On October 17, 1955, the Supreme Court granted certiorari, reversed the judgment of the...

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