U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1968

Louis S. Nelson, Warden, California State Prison, San Quentin, California v. Thomas N. Clark

Louis S. Nelson, Warden, California State Prison, San Quentin, California v. Thomas N. Clark
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided January 16, 1968 · Chambers, Pope, Dun-Iway
388 F.2d 985 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Louis S. Nelson, Warden, California State Prison, San Quentin, California v. Thomas N. Clark

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

The case is remanded to the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The order of that court granting a writ of habeas corpus should be vacated and the petition reconsidered in the light of Chapman v. State of California, 386 U.S. 18, 87 S.Ct. 824, 17 L.Ed.2d 705, which was not available to that court at the time of its decision herein.

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