Ex Parte Clifton
California Supreme Court
APPLICATION for discharge under Writ of Habeas Corpus directed to the Warden of the State Prison at Folsom. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtLorigan, J.
Petitioner seeks, upon habeas corpus, to be released from imprisonment in the state prison.
In September, 1897, he was convicted in the superior court of Los Angeles County on two separate charges of burglary in the second degree, and as punishment for the first offense was sentenced to imprisonment in Folsom for five years, and on the second was sentenced for a similar term in the same prison, the latter sentence to commence, as provided by section 669 of the Penal Code, at the expiration of the term of imprisonment imposed by the prior sentence. Having actually served (up to the time of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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