California Supreme Court· 12/15/1953

In Re Dixon

Citations

41 Cal. 2d 756
264 P.2d 513
1953 Cal. LEXIS 327

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explaining that a habeas 8 petition is procedurally barred when “the claimed errors could have been, but were 9 not, raised upon a timely appeal from a judgment of conviction”
stating the “general rule” that habeas corpus relief “will not 3 lie where the claimed errors could have been, but were not, raised upon a timely appeal 4 from a judgment of conviction”
bar on claims that could have been but 9 were not raised on direct appeal
Dixon bar does not apply to claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel
well settled that there is no fundamental right to a preliminary hearing
courts will not entertain habeas corpus claims that could have been, but were 20 not, raised on appeal; In re Miller, 17 Cal.2d 734, 735 (1941) (courts will not entertain habeas claims that are repetitive). (ECF No. 17-13.

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Judges: Gibson, Shenk, Edmonds, Traynor, Spence, Schauer, Carter

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