Legal Opinion
Sampsell v. People of State of California
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 18, 1951No. 12704PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.
Sampsell was convicted in a California Superior Court of murder in the first degree, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to murder, and robbery in the first degree, and sentenced to death. The California Supreme Court affirmed the judgment, People v. Sampsell, 1950, 34 Cal.2d 757, 214 P.2d 813, and the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari, Sampsell v. California, 1950, 339 U.S. 990, 70 S.Ct. 1016, 94 L.Ed. 1391. He is here appealing from a judgment of the United States District Court dismissing his petition for the issuance of the writ of habeas corpus.…
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