DIGGS v. WELCH

No. 8880.

148 F.2d 667 (1945)

DIGGS v. WELCH, Superintendent D. C. Reformatory.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided February 26, 1945.

Writ of Certiorari Denied June 18, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph Stein, of Washington, D. C. (appointed by District Court), for appellant.

Mr. Charles B. Murray, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Edward M. Curran, United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and MILLER and ARNOLD, Associate Justices.


Writ of Certiorari Denied June 18, 1945. See 65 S.Ct. 1576.

ARNOLD, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court dismissing without a hearing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant had been convicted and sentenced on a charge of grand larceny after a plea of guilty. His petition for habeas corpus states that he was coerced and intimidated to enter a plea of guilty by the attorney appointed by the court to defend him....

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