THOMASTON v. GLADDEN

No. 17949.

326 F.2d 305 (1964)

William THOMASTON, Appellant, v. Clarence T. GLADDEN, Warden, Oregon State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

January 2, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney H. Washburn, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Robert Y. Thornton, Atty. Gen., for the State of Oregon, and C. L. Marsters, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, Or., for appellee.

Before MERRILL, BROWNING and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges.


DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:

Thomaston appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He is confined in the Oregon State Penitentiary following his conviction upon a plea of guilty to a charge of second degree murder and his sentence to life imprisonment.

After his conviction Thomaston initiated various proceedings in the Oregon courts. The record shows that pursuant to the Oregon statute dealing with post-conviction relief, Chapter 138 O...

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