Legal Opinion

In Re Davis

California Supreme Court

Decided October 26, 1951No. Crim. 5222PublishedCited by 62 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*873SCHAUER, J.

Petitioner, by application for the writ of habeas corpus, asks that we declare that his confinement under a 1944 judgment of conviction of forgery is illegal and that he can be held only under certain 1948 judgments not here attacked. He urges that the 1944 judgment is invalid because he was only 18 years of age at the time of his arrest on the charge which resulted in that judgment and he was not referred to the Youth Authority pursuant to the requirements of section 1731.5 of the Welfare and Institutions Code as it then read. The problems raised by this contention are disposed of…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Escoe v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  2. People v. WilliamsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1944
  3. People v. PerkinsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1951
  4. In Re McInturffCalifornia Supreme Court · 1951
  5. People v. BlankenshipCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1936

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3Cited by62 opinions

  1. People v. BanksCalifornia Supreme Court · 1959
  2. People v. VickersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
  3. In re GriffinCalifornia Supreme Court · 1967
  4. People v. RodriguezCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990
  5. People v. HernandezCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1964

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