WESTON v. STATE

No. 2 CA-CIV 494.

8 Ariz. App. 58 (1968)

442 P.2d 881

Douglas H. WESTON, Appellant, v. The STATE of Arizona ex rel. Frank A. EYMAN, Warden, Arizona State Prison, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Arizona.

July 3, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas H. Weston, in pro. per.

Darrell F. Smith, former Atty. Gen., Phoenix, Gary K. Nelson, Atty. Gen., by James S. Tegart, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellees.


KRUCKER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a Pinal County superior court order denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner sought relief on the grounds that his plea of guilty to a charge of grand theft was "the direct result of duress and coercion" (quote from the petition filed below), thereby rendering his conviction void.

Briefly, the factual allegations of the petition are as follows. The petitioner was charged with grand theft with two...

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