Bates v. Dickson

OLIVER J. CARTER, District Judge.

Petitioners have filed separate petitions for writs of habeas corpus challenging their custody by the respondent, Fred R. Dickson, Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin. Petitioners are under the death sentence which has been stayed pending disposition of these petitions.

The prior history of these cases is summarized in Chavez v. Dickson, 9 Cir., 1962, 300 F.2d 683, cert. den. 371 U.S 880, 83 S.Ct. 151, 9 L.Ed.2d 116, rehearing den. 371 U.S. 931, 83 S.Ct. 295, 9 L.Ed.2d 239. It is sufficient to say here that they were jointly tried and found…