In Re Bramble

Petitioner, in this habeas corpus proceeding, challenges (1) the validity of four substantially identical 1939 judgments (entered on successive counts in a single proceeding) under which he is confined in the state prison at Folsom and (2) the correctness of the ancillary determination that he is an habitual criminal who has suffered three prior convictions.

The conviction as to each of the four substantive offenses was upon petitioner’s plea of guilty to the several offenses “as charged” in the indictment. Petitioner was accused in count 1 of the indictment “of the crime of Arson committed as…