Legal Opinion
Frank Egan v. Harley O. Teets, Warden, San Quentin, California
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 26, 1957No. 15478PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by Frank Egan from an order denying his application for a writ of habeas corpus.
In 1932, Egan was tried and convicted in the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco, California, on a charge of first degree murder. On September 14, 1932, that court imposed a sentence of life imprisonment, which Egan began serving on October 1 of that year. Since that time, and until October 1, 1957, he was incarcerated in the California state prison at San Quentin. During his imprisonment, Egan made numerous attempts to gain his freedom by means of court…
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