In Re McVickers

Petitioner, by application for the writ of habeas corpus, seeks review of the adjudication or finding that he, “having been previously three times convicted, upon charges separately brought and tried, and having served separate terms therefor in state and/or federal penitentiaries for crimes enumerated in Section 644 of the Penal Code . . ., is an habitual criminal under the provisions of Section 644 of the Penal Code.” For the reasons hereinafter expressed we have concluded that a prisoner can, on application for habeas corpus, attack and secure appropriate relief from such an adjudication…