In Re Lamey

Petitioner, in 1932, was charged in an information filed in Los Angeles County with two counts of robbery, and with two prior convictions for which he had served prison terms. He was convicted on the two robbery counts and admitted the two priors. The judgment which followed decreed that defendant be imprisoned for the term of his natural life, but did not adjudge him to be an habitual criminal; but it is conceded that he is being held as an habit ual criminal, an adjudication to that effect not being essential. (People v. Vaile, 2 Cal.2d 441 [42 P.2d 321]; In re Basuino, 22 Cal.2d 247 [138…