Legal Opinion
Maxine J. La Brasca v. John Misterly, Sheriff, Sacramento County
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 24, 1970No. 23023_1PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner was convicted in state court of driving an automobile while under the influence of liquor and driving an automobile with a suspended license. Her sentence on the second charge was stayed pending completion of her sentence on the first charge.
She filed a petition for habeas corpus alleging constitutional infirmities in both convictions. The district court concluded that her conviction for driving while under the influence of liquor was free of constitutional error, but that the state trial judge violated her constitutional rights by failing to hold a hearing on the voluntariness of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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