In Re Phyle

30 Cal.2d 838 (1947)

In re WILLIAM JEROME PHYLE, on Habeas Corpus.

Crim. No. 4797.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Nov. 10, 1947.

Al Matthews, Morris Lavine and Wallace S. Myers for Petitioner.

Fred N. Howser, Attorney General, and Clarence A. Linn, Deputy Attorney General, for Respondent.

TRAYNOR, J.

William Jerome Phyle was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to be executed. The judgment was affirmed by this court (People v. Phyle, 28 Cal. 2d 671 [171 P.2d 428]), and the date of execution was set for December 26, 1946. While defendant was awaiting execution at the state prison…