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Holmes v. California

U.S.
Apr 15, 1963
372 U.S. 710 (1963)

Opinion

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT.

No. 70, Misc.

Decided April 15, 1963.

Certiorari granted; judgment vacated; and case remanded.

Reported below: 197 Cal.App.2d 699, 17 Cal.Rptr. 599.

Petitioner pro se.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General of California, and William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, for respondents.


The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for writ of certiorari are granted. The judgment is vacated and the case is remanded for further consideration in light of Douglas v. California, 372 U.S. 353.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK and MR. JUSTICE HARLAN dissent for the reasons stated in their opinions in Douglas v. California, 372 U.S., at 358, 360.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.


Summaries of

Holmes v. California

U.S.
Apr 15, 1963
372 U.S. 710 (1963)
Case details for

Holmes v. California

Case Details

Full title:HOLMES v . CALIFORNIA ET AL

Court:U.S.

Date published: Apr 15, 1963

Citations

372 U.S. 710 (1963)

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