In Re Hall

Opinion

MOSK, J.

Petitioner Gordon Robert Hall seeks a writ of habeas corpus following his conviction of first degree murder and related charges, and imposition of a sentence of life imprisonment.

The events leading to the judgment may be summarized as follows:

In the late evening of February 25, 1978, Victor Lara arrived at his mother’s residence in Pomona and discovered there had been an argument during which his cousin Gilbert Rubio had pushed Victor’s mother. Rubio had just left to take Victor’s adopted brother, Jesse Ortiz, who was a postman, to his home in nearby Duarte. Victor and his…