SCHEER v. PATTERSON

No. 695-69.

429 F.2d 907 (1970)

Joseph SCHEER, Appellant, v. Wayne K. PATTERSON, Warden, Colorado State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 21, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas T. Crumpacker, of Wood, Ris & Hames, Denver, Colo., for appellant.

Michael T. Haley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, Colo. (Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., and John P. Moore, Deputy Atty. Gen., Denver, Colo., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, BREITENSTEIN and HILL, Circuit Judges.


HILL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from the order denying appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus after an evidentiary hearing. Appellant, in state custody, seeks habeas corpus relief on the grounds that his guilty plea to a charge of first degree murder was not voluntary.

Under undisputed facts appellant Scheer is serving a life sentence in the Colorado State Penitentiary which was imposed after he entered a plea of guilty to the first degree murder...

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