SANCHEZ v. COX

No. 8484.

357 F.2d 260 (1966)

Carlos (Charlie) SANCHEZ, Appellant, v. Harold A. COX, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

February 21, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Peter Craven, Denver, Colo., for appellant.

L. D. Harris, Albuquerque, N. M. (Boston E. Witt, Atty. Gen., with him on brief), for appellee.

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


MURRAH, Chief Judge.

In this habeas corpus proceedings the petitioner attacks his New Mexico state court life sentence, imposed in 1952 pursuant to a jury verdict on a murder charge. The judgment was affirmed on appeal, State v. Sanchez, 58 N.M. 77, 265 P.2d 684.

The salient ground asserted for the writ is that the conviction and sentence was a constitutional nullity because the petitioner was...

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