Legal Opinion
In Re Henderson
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 21, 1972No. Crim. 6461PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
RICHARDSON, P. J.
Petitioners, seeking a writ of habeas corpus, allege that they are unlawfully confined at Folsom State Prison and restrained of their liberties in violation of the First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. They allege that officials of the prison and of the Department of Corrections have punished a number of prisoners, predominantly black, but chicano and white as well, by removing them from the general prison population and placing them in punitive segregation and disciplinary units, such as Unit 1-C and…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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3Cited by7 opinions
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