THOMPSON v. COX

No. 8255.

352 F.2d 488 (1965)

Otto THOMPSON, Appellant, v. Harold A. COX, Warden New Mexico State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

November 15, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Johnson, Denver, Colo., for appellant.

L. D. Harris, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen. (Boston E. Witt, Atty. Gen., with him on the brief), for appellee.

Before MURRAH, Chief Judge, and PICKETT and LEWIS, Circuit Judges.


DAVID T. LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is taken from an order of the District Court for the District of New Mexico denying, after a full evidentiary hearing, petitioner's application for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant is presently confined in the New Mexico State Penitentiary pursuant to a life sentence imposed by the state court after a trial to jury resulting in a verdict of guilty to the crime of murder. The sentence

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