In Re Patterson
California Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtMosk, J.
In this habeas corpus proceeding petitioner requests us to order his unconditional release from custody on the ground that the trial courts which convicted him did not have jurisdiction over his person. Alternatively, he asserts the right to be transferred to the custody of the State of Texas in order to serve his California sentences and a prior Texas sentence concurrently. We have concluded that the convictions were valid but that petitioner should be released to the appropriate Texas authorities.
In January 1962 petitioner was convicted of robbery in Huntsville, Texas, and sentenced to a…
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