General

BOYDEN v. CALIFORNIA

365 U.S. 650·Supreme Court of the United States·1961

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Opinion

BOYDEN v. CALIFORNIA. No. 344, Misc. Decided April 3, 1961. Petitioner pro se. Stanley Mosk, Attorney General of California, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and David R. Caldwell, Deputy Attorney General, for respondent. [MAJORITY — Per Curiam.] Per Curiam. The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed. Treating the papers whereon the appeal was taken as a petition for writ of certiorari, certiorari is denied.

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