Legal Opinion
In Re Carmen
California Supreme Court
Decided August 2, 1957No. Crim. 5667PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpence, J.
Petitioner, Rayna Tom Carmen, is confined in the state prison at San Quentin under judgments of conviction of first degree murder and of assault with intent to commit murder. He seeks his release from custody upon alleged jurisdictional grounds.
Petitioner was first convicted of the two offenses in the Superior Court of Madera County in 1950. Wilbur Dan McSwain was the victim of the murder and Alvin McSwain was the victim of the assault. The crimes were committed near the home of the victims. The initial altercation between the parties had occurred earlier the same morning at a point in Madera…
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3Cited by20 opinions
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