In Re Jackson

61 Cal.2d 500 (1964)

393 P.2d 420

39 Cal. Rptr. 220

In re LAWRENCE AKIN JACKSON on Habeas Corpus.

Docket No. Crim. 7704.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

July 6, 1964.

Allan Brotsky and Henry M. Elson for Petitioner.

Earl Klein as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Albert W. Harris, Jr., Robert R. Granucci and Henry B. Lasky, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.

TOBRINER, J.

The single question that we must answer here is whether a writ of habeas corpus properly enables us to review the sentence of death pronounced against petitioner after a penalty trial…