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LAWSON v. GLADDEN

245 Or. 492 (1967)

422 P.2d 681

JESSE DAIL LAWSON v. GLADDEN

Supreme Court of Oregon.

Reversed and remanded January 25, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence A. Aschenbrenner, Public Defender, Salem, argued the cause and filed a brief for appellant.

David H. Blunt, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Robert Y. Thornton, Attorney General, Salem.

Before McALLISTER, Chief Justice, and PERRY, SLOAN, O'CONNELL, GOODWIN, DENECKE and HOLMAN, Justices.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

GOODWIN, J.

This is a petition for postconviction relief under ORS 138.510 to 138.680. The prisoner is serving a sentence imposed in 1947 upon his plea of guilty to an information charging second-degree murder. His petition raises substantial questions concerning the validity of his waiver of counsel.

The fragmentary record indicates that on April 17, 1947, the prisoner was pulled off a badly beaten man upon whose body he was...

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