Legal Opinion
Larry Lee Christiansen v. Joseph C. O'connor, Sheriff of San Diego County, State of California
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 16, 1967No. 21351PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM., Larry Lee Christiansen, in California penal custody following his conviction and sentence for grand theft, applied to the district court for a writ of habeas corpus. His one ground for relief was that he had been denied a speedy trial, and that this contravened his constitutional rights under the Sixth Amendment which, he asserts, is made applicable to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The district court denied the application and Christiansen appeals.
Christiansen filed his application on June 8, 1966, which was one day before his state trial…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Hoag v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1958
3Cited by4 opinions
- Richard Lee Davidson and Walter Vernon Thomas v. Warden J. H. Klinger, California Men's Colony, and Warden A. L. Oliver, Folsom PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- John D. Miller v. Frank HallCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- Manson v. PitchessDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1970
- Hyde v. PitchessDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1969