Sampsell v. People State California Et Al‪.‬

Sampsell was convicted in a California Superior Court of murder in the first degree, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to murder, and robbery in the first degree, and sentenced to death. The California Supreme Court affirmed the judgment, People v. Sampsell, 1950, 34 Cal.2d 757, 214 P.2d 813, and the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari, Sampsell v. California, 1950, 339 U.S. 990, 70 S. Ct. 1016, 94 L. Ed. 1391. He is here appealing from a judgment of the United States District Court dismissing his petition for the issuance of the writ of . The judgment followed the issuance of an order to show cause upon which issues were drawn in accordance with the usual practice.