Legal Opinion

In Re Carlton

California Court of Appeal

Decided June 17, 1921No. Crim. No. 578PublishedCited by 5 opinions

APPLICATION for a Writ of Habeas Corpus to secure release from the state prison. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.

To the writer, as a justice of this court, the petitioner, who is confined in the state prison at Represa, state of California,, under a sentence of five years for burglary of the second degree, addresses this petition, claiming that his restraint by the warden of said prison is unlawful for the reason that the state board of prison directors, in fixing his punishment under the indeterminate sentence law, exceeded its jurisdiction for reasons to be hereinafter stated.

The petitioner presents this application in propria persona or without being represented by an attorney, and, as I find, upon…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. In Re SilvaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1918
  2. People v. LeeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1918
  3. In Re HeathCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1920

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. In Re BasuinoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1943
  2. People v. VaileCalifornia Supreme Court · 1935
  3. People v. UreCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1924
  4. In Re DeneckeCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1921
  5. People v. VaileCalifornia Supreme Court · 1935

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