Mitchell Bigfeather, Jr., files his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, or a post conviction appeal, based, it seems, on the fact that he is an Indian, is illiterate and with little understanding or command of the English language, and that he did not understand the proceedings against him when he entered a plea of guilty to a charge of murder in the district court of Cherokee County, Oklahoma. He asks to...
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