Hamilton v. Craven

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

ZIRPOLI, District Judge.

Raymond Hamilton brings this habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 et seq., to secure his release from an allegedly unconstitutional confinement. On September 4 and 16, 1970, this court held an evidentiary hearing. The facts surrounding petitioner’s conviction, and the substance of the testimony at his two trials are fully set out in the petition, in People v. Hamilton, 55 Cal.2d 881, 13 Cal.Rptr. 649, 362 P.2d 473 (1961), and People v. Hamilton, 60 Cal.2d 105, 32 Cal.Rptr. 4, 383…