Legal Opinion
Ralph Jerome Selz v. The State of California, Richard A. McGee Director, Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 23, 1970No. 23364_1PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Per curiam
In 1936 petitioner was convicted on his plea of guilty to a charge of first-degree murder in the Superior Court of San Mateo County, California, and sentenced to life imprisonment.
He instituted this habeas corpus proceeding in 1967 challenging his conviction on constitutional grounds. The dis trict court issued an order to show cause. In responding, the State conceded that several of petitioner’s allegations “would ordinarily warrant * * * an evidentiary hearing”; but asserted that such a hearing was unnecessary because petitioner had deliberately bypassed available state procedure for the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Chester Nelson v. People of the State of California, Robert A. Heinze, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
- Eddie S. Maes v. Wayne K. Patterson, Warden, Colorado State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
- United States ex rel. Worlow v. PateCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Robert J. Jarvis v. Louis S. Nelson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
- Gilbert F. Sieling, Sr. v. Frank A. Eyman, Warden, Arizona State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- Pedro Rodriquez Bustamante v. Frank A. Eyman, Superintendent, Arizona State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
- Merle Ray Winford v. Harold R. SwensonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Hill v. WyrickCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
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