Duarte v. Field

HAUK, District Judge.

Petitioner is a state prisoner who was found guilty of possession of heroin, and a prior federal narcotic felony conviction was found to be true. He was sentenced to the term prescribed by law on February 10, 1966. On August 31, 1967, the judgment was affirmed on appeal (People v. Duarte, 254 Cal.App.2d 25, 61 Cal.Rptr. 690 (1967)), and a petition for hearing by the California Supreme Court was denied on October 25, 1967. The United States Supreme Court denied certiorari on March 4, 1968. (390 U.S. 971, 88 S.Ct. 1091, 19 L.Ed.2d 1181) Subsequent writs of habeas corpus in…