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WRIGHT v. DICKSON

No. 19234.

336 F.2d 878 (1964)

Billy Joe WRIGHT, Appellant, v. Fred R. DICKSON, Warden, California State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 30, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy Joe Wright, in pro per.

Stanley Mosk, Atty. Gen. of California, Robert R. Granucci, Deputy Atty. Gen. of California, San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before HAMLEY, HAMLIN, and BROWNING, Circuit Judges.

BROWNING, Circuit Judge.

I

Appellant is serving a prison sentence imposed by a California Superior Court following his plea of guilty to a charge of burglary. After exhausting state remedies, he petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus. The petition alleged that he had not had counsel and had not knowingly and intelligently waived counsel. He alleged that he had lacked "the intelligence and competency" to waive an attorney; that at the time...

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