MAXWELL v. TURNER

No. 25-68.

411 F.2d 805 (1969)

Dennis MAXWELL, Appellant, v. John W. TURNER, Warden, Utah State Prison, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

May 26, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl A. Hauck, Englewood, Colo. (Donald H. Lees, Oklahoma City, Okl., on the brief), for appellant.

Joseph P. McCarthy, Salt Lake City, Utah (Phil L. Hansen, Atty. Gen., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BREITENSTEIN, SETH, and HICKEY, Circuit Judges.


SETH, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, presently incarcerated in the Utah State Prison pursuant to a sentence of one to twenty years for second degree burglary, petitioned the United States District Court for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Relief was denied and he has taken this appeal.

Appellant urges that his plea of guilty to the burglary charge was involuntary and coerced in that it was induced by promises and representations by state officials...

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