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Phillips v. California

U.S.
Feb 27, 1967
386 U.S. 212 (1967)

Opinion

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

No. 684, Misc.

Decided February 27, 1967.

Certiorari granted; 240 Cal.App.2d 197, 49 Cal.Rptr. 480, reversed.

Appellants pro se.

Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General of California, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and S. Clark Moore, Deputy Attorney General, for appellee.


The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted. The judgment is reversed. Chapman v. California, ante, p. 18.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK and MR. JUSTICE CLARK are of the opinion that the judgment should be vacated and the case remanded for further consideration in light of Chapman v. California, supra.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN would affirm the judgment below for the reasons set forth in his dissenting opinion in Chapman v. California, supra, at 45.


Summaries of

Phillips v. California

U.S.
Feb 27, 1967
386 U.S. 212 (1967)
Case details for

Phillips v. California

Case Details

Full title:PHILLIPS ET VIR v . CALIFORNIA

Court:U.S.

Date published: Feb 27, 1967

Citations

386 U.S. 212 (1967)

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