MERRITT v. HUNTER

No. 3706.

170 F.2d 739 (1948)

MERRITT v. HUNTER.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

November 5, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel J. Frazin, of Denver, Colo., for appellant.

Eugene W. Davis, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Topeka, Kan. (Lester Luther, U. S. Atty., of Topeka, Kan., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, HUXMAN and MURRAH, Circuit Judges.


MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

By this habeas corpus proceedings, petitioner seeks release from a four year sentence imposed in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri upon a plea of guilty to a violation of the Dyer Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 408.1 As grounds for the writ petitioner alleges that when he appeared before the sentencing court he did not have "adequate" counsel; that he was not informed of the nature of...

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