People v. Ray

This petition for a declaratory judgment is but the latest of a long series of legal proceedings instituted by appellant since his 1941 conviction upon a plea of guilty to a charge of first degree robbery, his adjudication as an habitual criminal and his sentence to life imprisonment. The petition in substance is but a protracted and confused repetition of what has been urged before. Thus the appeal from the superior court’s dismissal of the petition must fail because appellant does not: (1) meet the procedural requirements of an action for declarator relief, (2) show an abuse of discretion…