Navarette v. Comstock

ORDER ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

HAUK, District Judge.

Petitioner is a California State prisoner incarcerated at the Sierra Conservation Center, Jamestown, California, following his sentence after a non-jury trial on April 9, 1964, to the term prescribed by law, 2 to 10 years, for violating Health & Safety Code, § 11500 (Possession of heroin). Petitioner did not appeal, for reasons to be discussed later, but did try to file belated notices of appeal under California Rule of Court 31(a), all of which were denied, in the Superior Court on October 31, 1969, Court of Appeal on November…