In re Smith
California Supreme Court
APPLICATION for a Writ of Habeas Corpus directed to the Warden of the State Prison at Folsom. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT.
Habeas corpus.
The petitioner is detained by the warden of Folsom prison under a commitment showing his conviction of the crime of robbery. He claims that his detention is unlawful for reasons affecting the judgment of the superior court. His petition, framed by himself, is very meager, but shows with sufficient certainty that he is the same John Smith who was convicted of robbery in June, 1906, in the superior court of San Francisco, and whose conviction was affirmed by the district court of appeal in October, 1908. (9 Cal. App. 224, [98 Pac. 546].) Every ground of his present…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People v. SmithCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1908