In Re Piantanido.
California Court of Appeal
APPLICATION for a Writ of Habeas Corpus to obtain release from state prison. Denied. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtLangdon, P. J.
This matter comes before us upon a petition for a writ of habeas, corpus, Petitioner alleges that on January 26, 1918, he was sentenced by the superior court, in and for the city and county of San Francisco, under the indeterminate sentence law, and in accordance therewith was committed to the state prison at San Quentin; that, on February 15, 1919, the board of prison directors, acting in conformity with the provisions of the law, exercised the discretion vested in it and fixed his term of confinement at five years. It is then alleged that b3r virtue of “credits earned by him,” the…
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