Roger Marvin Williams v. Louis S. Nelson, Warden of San Quentin State Prison, and the People of the State of California

The appellant, a prisoner of the State of California, was convicted and sentenced on January 21, 1966, for first degree robbery. On June 20, 1968, the appellant petitioned the United States District Court for the Northern District of California for a writ of habeas corpus, which was denied by the court on the same day without an evidentiary hearing. (Tr 22-23). A subsequent motion for rehearing was denied by the District Court on February 20, 1969, (Tr 33) and this appeal followed.

The District Court denied the original petition and the motion for rehearing on the ground that the appellant had…