Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit January 30, 1968, No. 20303 (Eason v. Dickson)

KOELSCH, Circuit Judge.

James Eason is a prisoner in a California penal institution. For present purposes we accept the following facts as true:1 *****Eason was convicted on two counts of robbery in the first degree [Cal.Pen.Code §§ 211, 211a] and was duly sentenced under the California Indeterminate Sentence law for the term prescribed by law, which is from five years to life. (Cal.Pen.