Legal Opinion
Bert Strand, Sheriff of San Diego County, State of California v. William Schmittroth
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 3, 1957No. 14733_1PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES ALGER FEE, Circuit Judge.
This case portrays the effort of a felon in virtue of his convection of serious crimes against the United States to seek sanctuary, because of that conviction and sentence, from prosecution by the State of California for offenses charged to have been committed by him against members of that community. The United States District Court freed Schmittroth, upon his own petition, from the physical custody of the state officer who was holding him for trial, and released him to continue his depredations under federal protection among people of the very state which had…
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