In Re Marzec

By writ of habeas corpus, Pete Marzee is seeking relief from conditions imposed upon him as a parolee from the State Prison at Folsom following his conviction of a felony. He asserts that the state'now has no authority either to imprison him further or to subject him to restraint by requiring compliance with certain conditions restricting his liberty.

The situation is a somewhat unusual one. Prior to 1940, Marzee twice had been convicted of a felony and was in this state after having escaped from the New Mexico State Penitentiary. In that year, by a judgment of the Superior Court of Los…