Oddo

Oddo v. Swope

Good Law
193 F.2d 492
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJanuary 28, 195212912California384 words

Opinion

Opinion

Denman, J.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and discharging an order to show cause.

There are two issues on this appeal: (a) the appellant was sentenced on 9 counts of an indictment — 10 years each on counts 1 and 2, to run concurrently; 5 years on counts 3-8, to run concurrently with each other but consecutively to the prior sentence ; and 1 year and a day on count 9 to run concurrently with prior sentences, for a total of 15 years; and appellant alleges that the sentences on counts 2-8 are void because those counts charge the same crime that count 1 charges; (lb) the court below dismissed the petition on the ground it was premature, in that certain good time credits of the appellant had been revoked by a prison board, and the court held it could not look into the propriety of this revocation.

The facts giving rise to the indictment are set out in Swope v. Mugavero, 9 Cir., 188 F.2d 601 , which was an appeal by the United States from the denial of its motion to dismiss a petition for a writ of habeas corpus made by one of Oddo’s co-defendants. In that case, Mugavero raised the same issues as to counts 3-8 of his…

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