Legal Opinion
Houston v. Nelson
District Court, C.D. California
Decided December 4, 1975No. CV 74-2633-DWW(T)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
DAVID W. WILLIAMS, District Judge.
Petitioner was charged with kidnapping, felon in possession of a firearm, and two counts of extortion in an information filed in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California. The extortion counts were subsequently dropped. Following a jury trial, he was found guilty of kidnapping for ransom and unlawful possession of a firearm and sentenced to concurrent terms in state prison.
The conviction was affirmed by the California Court of Appeal and a petition for hearing before the California Supreme Court was…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Neil v. BiggersSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Frederick J. X. Martin v. Donald W. WyrickCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- Perkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2012
- Houston v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1976
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