Legal Opinion
Wright v. Craven
District Court, N.D. California
Decided March 25, 1971No. 50677PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
WOLLENBERG, District Judge.
An “habitch” in California prison parlance is an inmate subject to a mandatory life sentence following a finding of habitual criminality as defined by Calif.Pen.Code, § 644(b). 1
Petitioner is an “habitch”. A 1962 information, charging him with various offenses including robbery and carrying a concealed weapon, also recited six prior convictions suffered by him. Petitioner admitted the priors, following which a jury found him guilty of the principal offenses. On January 16, 1963, petitioner was sentenced as a recidivist.
At no time…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by28 opinions
- In Re YurkoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
- State v. MartinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
- David L. Adams v. R.S. Peterson, Superintendent of O.S.C.I.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- United States v. Rea Lyn SegalCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Billy Ray Cox v. Terrell Don Hutto, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
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