Legal Opinion
Chavez v. Dickson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 16, 1960No. Nos. 16590, 16622PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.
Manuel Joe Chavez and Clyde Bates, state prisoners under sentence of death, appeal from district court orders denying their applications for habeas corpus. Separate orders of denial were entered and separate appeals have been taken. The district court however, considered the applications together, and we will do likewise on these appeals.1
Appellants were jointly tried in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County on six counts charging felony-murder in violation of California Penal Code, § 189, and one count charging wilful and malicious burning of a building not a parcel…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Palko v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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3Cited by72 opinions
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States of America Ex Rel. John McGrath v. J. E. Lavallee, Warden of Clinton Prison, Dannemora, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- James Kealohapauole v. Edwin Shimoda and the Attorney General, State of HawaiiCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Garry Vincent Featherstone v. Wayne E. Estelle, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1991
- Mary Louise Bell v. Dorothy Arn, Supt.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
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