Legal Opinion
Caryl Chessman v. Harley O. Teets, Warden, California State Prison, San Quentin, California
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 28, 1956No. 15092_1PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMLEY, Circuit Judg-e.
This is an appeal from an order denying Caryl Chessman’s eleventh application for a writ of habeas corpus.
He was convicted on May 21, 1948, of seventeen felonies.1 Two sentences of death and fifteen sentences of imprisonment were entered on June 25, 1948. Following denial of his motion for a new trial, Chessman appealed to the California supreme court.
While this appeal was pending, appellant instituted several proceedings challenging the accuracy and completeness of the transcript on appeal and the validity of the proceedings in which it had been settled.2 Most of these…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- In Re Murchison.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- McNally v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- People v. ChessmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1951
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3Cited by56 opinions
- Limmie West, III v. State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Alfred Esteban Azhocar, United States of America v. Alfred Esteban AzhocarCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- Chessman v. TeetsSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Mark O. Hatfield, Governor of the State of Oregon v. Paul R. BailleauxCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1961
- People v. ChessmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1959
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