Case Name: Stuart W. DuBOIS, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Carl G. HOCKER, Warden, Nevada State Prison, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1970-07-06
Citations: 432 F.2d 549
Docket Number: No. 24201
Parties: Stuart W. DuBOIS, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Carl G. HOCKER, Warden, Nevada State Prison, Appellee.
Judges: Before CHAMBERS and CARTER, Circuit Judges, and BYRNE, District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 432
Pages: 549–550

Head Matter:
Stuart W. DuBOIS, Petitioner and Appellant, v. Carl G. HOCKER, Warden, Nevada State Prison, Appellee.
No. 24201.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
July 6, 1970.
Stuart W. DuBois in pro. per., appellant.
Harvey Dickerson, Atty. Gen., C. B. Tapscott, Chief Asst. Atty. Gen., Reno, Nev., for appellee.
Before CHAMBERS and CARTER, Circuit Judges, and BYRNE, District Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM :
The order denying habeas corpus relief is affirmed.
On a Reno municipal prosecution DuBois pleaded guilty to charges under city ordinances for:
1. Carrying a concealed weapon;
2. Discharging a firearm in a public place;
3. Gross intoxication.
While serving the city sentence, he was charged and convicted under a Nevada statute as an ex-felon in possession of firearms. The charges all grew out of the same incident.
DuBois has attempted habeas corpus in the state court and lost. Thus, he has sought relief on the federal side.
We reject the contention of double jeopardy, although all charges were the same in time and the gun was common to all of them.
Waller v. Florida, 397 U.S. 387, 90 S.Ct. 1184, 25 L.Ed.2d 435 (1970), precludes prosecution by a state and a municipality of the same offense. But the offenses were not identical. He still could have been guilty of the state offense without being guilty of any of the three municipal offenses. That is one fair working test.
Other points we find without merit.