Raymond R. Beasley v. Peter J. Pitchess, Sheriff of Los Angeles County
Opinion
Opinion
This appeal is from the District Court’s denial of appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus.
On November 15, 1962, the Grand Jury of Los Angeles County, California, returned an indictment in which it was charged that the appellant, on August 3, 1962 and on August 8,1962, had offended specified California laws prohibiting the sale of narcotics. The appellant removed himself to the San Francisco, California, area at about the time the indictment was returned. He maintains that members of his immediate family resided in that vicinity, that following his move, he openly worked there for almost two years, and that he was ignorant of the existence of the indictment. On August 15, 1964, appellant was arrested in San Francisco, and the Los Angeles County authorities were notified of his detention. Since that time, appellant, in various California state court proceedings, has challenged the state’s right to prosecute him for the charges preferred in the indictment of November 15, 1962. During these state court proceedings, which have been fruitless to appellant, he has presented numerous successful motions for continuance of the trial on the merits of the accusations.