Opinion

James Edward Gibson v. Charles S. Dell, Acting Warden

  • 443 F.2d 75
  • 1971 U.S. App. LEXIS 10531
Court
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Filed
Apr 27, 1971
Status
Published
On the bench
Chambers, Duniway, McNICHOLS, Per Curiam
Cited by
2 cases
Authority
More cited than 52.9%

The opinion

PER CURIAM:

The order denying issuance of a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed. Here no issue of facts was presented and no hearing was required.

Appellant is wrong when he asserts that the information under which he pleaded guilty did not state a crime.

His assertion of equal protection denial because a judge or jury can fix a crime as a felony or a misdemeanor depending on the sentence is without merit. See In Re Gutierrez, 82 Ariz. 21 , 307 P.2d 914 , cert. denied 355 U.S. 17 , 78 S.Ct. 79 , 2 L.Ed.2d 23 .

Olsen v. Delmore, 1956, 48 Wash.2d 545 , 295 P.2d 324 , and State v. Pirkey, 1955, 203 Or. 697 , 281 P.2d 698 , cited by appellant are distinguishable for the reasons ably stated by the district judge in his order denying the writ.

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