Ezra Williams v. Robert A. Heinze, Warden, Folsom State Prison

Following a jury trial, Ezra Williams was convicted in the superior court of the State of California of the crime of murder in the first degree. On January 7, 1957, he was sentenced to life imprisonment and is presently incarcerated at Folsom State Prison. His conviction was thereafter affirmed by the California District Court of Appeal for the Fourth Appellate District. People v. Williams, 153 Cal.App.2d 21, 314 P.2d 42.

On June 4, 1959, Williams applied to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Northern Division, for a writ of habeas corpus. He also moved…