In Re Gilliam

By this proceeding in habeas corpus petitioner challenges the propriety of the trial court’s adjudication that he is an habitual criminal. (Pen. Code, § 644.)

The information contained three counts, respectively charging petitioner with burglary and with two prior convictions of felonies. One of the prior convictions was alleged to have been for burglary committed in Texas, for which judgment was “pronounced and rendered and the defendant served a term of imprisonment” in the Texas State Prison. The other prior conviction was alleged to have been for “box car robbery, a felony,” for which…