BASKER v. CROUSE

No. 430-69.

426 F.2d 531 (1970)

Frank BASKER, Appellant, v. Sherman H. CROUSE, Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

May 18, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Felix D. Lepore, Denver, Colo., for appellant.

Edward G. Collister, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Topeka, Kan. (Kent Frizzell, Atty. Gen., and Ernest C. Ballweg, Asst. Atty. Gen., Topeka, Kan., with him on the brief), for appellee.

Before MURRAH, Chief Judge, and BREITENSTEIN and HICKEY, Circuit Judges.


HICKEY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Basker petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus under Title 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the federal district court. The court denied the application after hearing evidence and argument.

It is alleged that his custody violated the Constitution on the following grounds: He was denied a speedy trial, effective assistance of counsel, a fair trial because of procedural irregularities, and because a coercive "Allen-type" instruction was...

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