PARKER v. COMSTOCK

No. 22581.

404 F.2d 746 (1968)

Edward J. PARKER, Appellant, v. Howard M. COMSTOCK, Superintendent, Sierra Conservation Center, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

December 18, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Parker, Represa, Cal., for appellant.

Thomas C. Lynch, Atty. Gen., Stephen Cooper and Nelson P. Kempsky, Sacramento, Cal., for appellee.

Before HAMLEY, HAMLIN and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Edward J. Parker, in California penal custody under a fourteen-year sentence resulting from his 1962 conviction on four counts of forgery, applied for a writ of habeas corpus to set aside that conviction. He sought such relief on three grounds: (1) he was denied the assistance of counsel at his jury trial; (2) the prosecutor improperly commented at the trial on Parker's failure to testify; and (3) the prosecutor...

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