Everett l.hill v. Louis s.nelson, Warden, California State Prison, San Quentin

Everett L. Hill, serving consecutive terms in a California state prison following his conviction on three “dangerous drugs” charges, appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

In his petition, Hill urged four grounds for relief, namely: (1) evidence used to convict him was obtained as a result of an illegal search and seizure, and through the use of coercive and other improper means of interrogation, in violation of the Fourth and Fifth Amendments, (2) the fact-finding procedures employed by the state court were not adequate to afford him an opportunity to develop the material facts as they relate to the reasonableness of the police activities referred to under'point (1), (3) there was a denial of petitioner’s Sixth Amendment right to confront the witnesses against him at his state trial and (4) there was a denial of petitioner’s Sixth Amendment right to have the compulsory process of the court to obtain witnesses in his favor at his state court trial.

The district court denied the petition, without hearing, on the following grounds:

Hill’s state court conviction was affirmed in People v. Hill, 19 Cal.App.3d 306 , 96 Cal.Rptr. 813 (C.A. First Dist.…