Sevilla
Sevilla v. Pitchess
Opinion
lead Opinion
Hauk, J.
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS
In June of 1966, petitioner was committed for narcotics addiction under California Welfare and Institutions Code, Section 3100.6, after trial by jury and verdict of guilty in Los Angeles Superi- or Court. Thereafter he filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in the Superior Court, which was denied April 17, 1970. Petitioner’s appeal of the denial of this writ to the Court of Appeal of California was dismissed July 10, 1970, whereupon he petitioned the California Court of Appeal for a Writ of Prohibition, denied July 30, 1970. On August 26, 1970, his petition for hearing by the California Supreme Court was denied. He then filed the instant petition on December 16, 1970.
Petitioner seeks habeas corpus on the following grounds:
After reviewing the Petition, the Response, the Supplemental Petition, and the points and authorities and exhibits submitted by both parties to this cause, this Court is fully advised in the premises and thus orders that the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus be denied for the following reasons.
Petitioner has not exhausted his State remedies, a condition precedent to consideration of Federal petitions for habeas…