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IN RE COOPER

Docket Nos. Crim. 6570, 6571, 6572, 6573, 6574, 6575.

53 Cal.2d 772 (1960)

349 P.2d 956

3 Cal. Rptr. 140

In re GEORGE COOPER, on Habeas Corpus. In re ABE S. TOBEROFF, on Habeas Corpus. In re EDWIN D. RICH, on Habeas Corpus. In re ALBERT G. JEFFERIES, on Habeas Corpus. In re FLOYD L. CLEMENS, on Habeas Corpus. In re RALPH LEVERSON, on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 4, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton Wichner, Brock, Fleishman & Rykoff, Stanley Fleishman, Prentiss Moore, George E. Lindelof, Jr., William A. Munnell, Leonard S. Sands, Herbert S. Nusbaum and Edwin M. Rosendahl for Petitioners.

William B. McKesson, District Attorney (Los Angeles), Jere J. Sullivan and Harry Wood, Deputy District Attorneys, for Respondent.

TRAYNOR, J.

By petitions for writs of habeas corpus petitioners challenge the validity of proceedings to extradite them to Pennsylvania to stand trial for the distribution of obscene literature and related offenses. We issued orders to show cause directed to the sheriff of Los Angeles County and ordered petitioners released on bail. In his return the sheriff alleges that he took custody of petitioners pursuant to extradition warrants issued by the Governor of California...

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