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JOHNSON v. CALIFORNIA, 1966 — 385 U.S. 21 · caselaw · US
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JOHNSON v. CALIFORNIA
385 U.S. 21·Supreme Court of the United States·1966
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Opinion
JOHNSON v. CALIFORNIA.
No. 88,
Misc.
Decided October 24, 1966.
Appellant pro se.
Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General of California, and Edward P. O’Brien and Lawrence R. Mansir, Deputy Attorneys General, for appellee.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Treating the papers whereon the appeal was taken as a petition for a writ of certiorari, certiorari is denied.