In Re Lindley

William Marvin [Marven] Lindley was found guilty of the murder of Jackie Hamilton, a 13-year-old girl. The verdict included no recommendation for life imprisonment and a sentence of death followed. Upon appeal, the judgment and the order denying a new trial were affirmed. (People v. Lindley, 26 Cal.2d 780 [161 P.2d 227].) Thereafter the superior court denied a writ of error coram nobis. In the present proceeding, the petition for a writ of habeas corpus includes an application “by way of appeal” from that order and also asks that this court grant a writ of error coram vobis.

The petition…