Legal Opinion
Hugh Wendell MacDonald v. James A. Musick
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 2, 1970No. 22781_1PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:
Habeas corpus. The District Court denied the writ. We reverse. MacDonald has exhausted his state remedies.
On January 9, 1965, MacDonald was driving his car in Newport Beach, California. He was stopped by the local police and ultimately arrested and taken to the police station. There he was booked as violating section 23102(a) of the Vehicle Code of California, which makes it a misdemeanor for “any person who is under the influence of intoxicating liquor * * * to drive a vehicle upon any highway.” On January 11, 1965, a complaint was filed in the Municipal Court of the…
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