Legal Opinion
In Re Chessman
California Supreme Court
Decided October 7, 1954No. Crim. 5632PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSchauer, J.
The People move this court to vacate an order signed by Mr. Justice Carter on July 28, 1954, and filed on July 29, 1954, that execution of Caryl Chessman, fixed for July 30, 1954, be stayed “pending disposition of his petition for Writ of Certiorari by the Supreme Court of the United States [to review this court’s minute order of July 21, 1954, denying Chessman’s petition for habeas corpus and for stay of execution].”
The grounds of the People’s motion to vacate the stay are: (1) That the order was beyond the jurisdiction of Justice Carter. (2) That the order was made on an erroneous…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- People v. ChessmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1951
- Dowdell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- People v. ChessmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1950
- In Re MillerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1941
- People v. LetourneauCalifornia Supreme Court · 1949
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3Cited by16 opinions
- People v. ChessmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1959
- In re BevillCalifornia Supreme Court · 1968
- Caryl Chessman v. Harley O. Teets, Warden, California State Prison, San Quentin, CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
- In Re TerryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1971
- In Re ChessmanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
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