HUNT v. YEAGER

No. 16903.

397 F.2d 251 (1968)

Richard Larry HUNT, Appellant, v. Howard YEAGER, Warden, et als., New Jersey State Prison, Trenton, New Jersey.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided June 26, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Hunt, pro se.

Christopher R. Wood, Legal Asst. to the Prosecutor, New Brunswick, N. J. (Edward J. Dolan, Middlesex County Prosecutor, New Brunswick, N. J., on the brief), for appellee.

Before HASTIE, Chief Judge, and STALEY and SEITZ, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

This is a collateral attack upon a plea of nolo contendere which led to a state conviction of murder with a consequent life sentence.

Upon state habeas corpus, after a hearing that was full and fair on its face, the state court concluded that the plea of nolo contendere had been made voluntarily and with understanding. On federal habeas corpus, the court below found the state court's conclusion proper and refused...

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