Ikles J. Roberts v. Lawrence E. Wilson, Warden, California State Prison, San Quentin, California

Ikies J. Roberts, appellant herein, is a prisoner confined in the California State Prison at San Quentin as a result of his conviction after trial by a jury in the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of Los Angeles of the offense of first degree robbery in violation of California Penal Code section 211. Appellant appealed his conviction to the California District Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division Four, which court affirmed his conviction on July 2, 1964. On October 8, 1964, appellant applied to the Superior Court of Marin County, California, for a writ of habeas corpus, which application was denied on the same date. On December 18, 1964, appellant filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the California Supreme Court which was denied without opinion on February 17, 1965. On March 2, 1965, appellant filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Southern Division. On March 24, 1965, the district court denied the appellant’s petition for failure to state sufficient facts upon which relief may be granted. Appellant sought a rehearing of this order. The…