CRANFORD v. RODRIGUEZ

No. 9050.

373 F.2d 22 (1967)

Kenneth William CRANFORD, Appellant, v. Felix RODRIGUEZ, Acting Warden, New Mexico State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

February 10, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Forrest S. Smith, Santa Fe, N. M., for appellant.

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

Before PICKETT and SETH, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, United States District Judge.


WESLEY E. BROWN, District Judge.

Appellant Cranford was convicted in a New Mexico state court of obtaining property with intent to cheat or defraud. He appeared without counsel and entered a plea of guilty. He contends that there was no intelligent and competent waiver of counsel, that he did not waive his constitutional right to a preliminary hearing, and lastly, that the totality of circumstances show that his plea of guilty was not competently made.

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