Legal Opinion
In Re Davis
California Supreme Court
Decided September 20, 1979No. Crim. 20252PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
NEWMAN, J.
Petitioners Davis, Massingale, Anderson, Macchiano, Brown, Shubin, and Acosta, through a habeas corpus petition filed by their counsel, complain that their due process rights are violated by lengthy segregation pending disciplinary proceedings at San Quentin Prison.
A writ of habeas corpus may be sought to obtain a declaration and enforcement of a prisoner’s rights in confinement. (In re Harrell (1970) 2 Cal.3d 675 [87 Cal.Rptr. 504, 470 P.2d 640] and cases cited.) Five of petitioners sought and were denied relief in superior court and then in the Court of Appeal; they and two…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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3Cited by33 opinions
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