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In Re McDonald

California Court of Appeal

Decided January 15, 1920No. Crim. No. 499PublishedCited by 8 opinions

APPLICATION for a Writ of Habeas Corpus to secure the release of a person confined in a state prison. Writ denied. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtHart, J.

The petitioner, a prisoner confined in the state prison at Represa, this state, claiming that thus he is being illegally restrained of his liberty by the warden of said prison, asks, by this petition for a writ of habeas corpus, that he be discharged from such restraint and restored to his liberty.

The petition shows that the petitioner, having previously been duly convicted in the superior court of Los Angeles County of a felony and sentenced by said court to a term-of five years in said state prison, was, in pursuance of said judgment of conviction and sentence, duly delivered into the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ex parte WadleighCalifornia Supreme Court · 1890
  2. Forni v. YoellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1893
  3. In Re Mayne KnowltonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1902
  4. Peterson v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1916

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. City of Los Angeles v. ColeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1946
  2. Hillman v. StultsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1968
  3. People v. DavidsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1972
  4. Radich v. RadichCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1923
  5. People v. PerezCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1961

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