Furthermore, neither of his state petitions for state habeas corpus can be deemed to have been such applications. Under state law, it is well established that the court to which an application for post-conviction relief is addressed may proceed on the merits even though the application is misnamed. Ex Parte Puter, 16 Cal.2d 309, 106 P.2d 3 (1940). Cf. People v. Grgurevich, 153 Cal.App.2d 806, 810, 315 P.2d 391 (1957).