In Re Dixon

41 Cal.2d 756 (1953)

In re CHARLES AUGUSTUS DIXON, on Habeas Corpus.

Crim. No. 5171.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Dec. 15, 1953.

Franklin C. Stark, under appointment by Supreme Court, for Petitioner.

Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, for Respondent.

GIBSON, C.J.

After a trial before a jury in the superior court petitioner was convicted of a violation of section 480 of the Penal Code, which prohibits the making or possessing of dies, plates or other apparatus used in counterfeiting. [fn. *] He was sentenced to San Quentin, where he is now…