Manuel Joe Chavez v. Fred R. Dickson, Warden, California State Prison at San Quentin, California, Clyde Bates v. Fred R. Dickson, Warden, California State Prison at San Quentin, California

280 F.2d 727 Manuel Joe CHAVEZ, Appellant, v. Fred R. DICKSON, Warden, California State Prison at San Quentin, California, Appellee. Clyde BATES, Appellant, v. Fred R. DICKSON, Warden, California State Prison at San Quentin, California, Appellee. Nos. 16590, 16622. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. June 16, 1960, Rehearing Denied Aug. 17, 1960. Gladstein, Andersen, Leonard & Sibbett, Richard Gladstein, Norman Leonard, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant Chavez. Ruth Jacobs, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant Bates. Stanley Mosk, Atty. Gen. for the State of California, Arlo E. Smith, Deputy Atty. Gen. of the State of California, for appellee. Before MAGRUDER, HAMLEY and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges. HAMLEY, Circuit Judge. 1 Manuel Joe Chavez and Clyde Bates, state prisoners under sentence of death, appeal from district court orders denying their applications for habeas corpus. Separate orders of denial were entered and separate appeals have been taken. The district court however, considered the applications together, and we will do likewise on these appeals. 1 2 Appellants were jointly tried in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County on six counts charging felony-murder…