Legal Opinion
In Re Hill
California Supreme Court
Decided September 11, 1969No. Docket Nos. Crim. 12007, 12146, 12125PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSullivan, J.
These separate petitions for writs of habeas corpus present common questions as to the lawfulness of petitioners’ confinement at the California State Prison at San Quentin. We therefore proceed to treat them together.
Joshua N. Hill and James W. Saunders, petitioners, along with a third codefendant, Ben Madorid, after a joint trial were convicted of murder, assault with intent to commit murder and robbery. The jury found the robbery and murder to be of the first degree and fixed the penalty of petitioners Hill and Saunders at death on the murder count.1 We affirmed the judgments against both…
2Cases cited43 opinions
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- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Stovall v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by60 opinions
- People v. AndersonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1987
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- People v. TerryCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
- People v. RistCalifornia Supreme Court · 1976
- In Re SaundersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
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