Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Wells
District Court, N.D. California
Decided June 18, 1951No. 29448PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODMAN, District Judge.
Petitioner is imprisoned in the California State Penitentiary at San Quentin under sentence of death pursuant to a judgment and commitment of the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of Sacramento. On January 27, 1950, he filed in this court a petition for the writ of habeas corpus, in which he alleged that the death sentence had been imposed in violation of federally guaranteed rights. We stayed execution of the sentence and retained jurisdiction of the cause to enable petitioner to pursue available state remedies. 28 U.S.C. § 2254; D.C., 90…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Nebbia v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Ex Parte RoyallSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Truax v. CorriganSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- People v. HarmonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1960
- People v. WellsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1968
- Duffy, Warden v. WellsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
- People v. RayCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1960
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