RAMSEY v. HAND

No. 7093.

309 F.2d 947 (1962)

Roy RAMSEY, Appellant, v. Tracy A. HAND, Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

November 29, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy Cook, Kansas City, Kan., for appellant.

Park McGee, Asst. Atty. Gen., Topeka, Kan. (William M. Ferguson, Atty. Gen., Topeka, Kan., with him on the brief), for appellee.

Before PICKETT and BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The petitioner, Ramsey, brought this habeas corpus proceeding seeking his release from the Kansas State Penitentiary where he is serving a life sentence for murder. He alleges that the sentence is void because the sentencing court did not, after his waiver of right to counsel, and before accepting his plea of guilty to the offense charged, make a finding that the appointment of counsel would not be to his advantage, as required by Kan.Gen.Stat.1949, &...

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