BURNSIDE v. SIGLER

No. 71-1359.

451 F.2d 987 (1971)

Merle BURNSIDE, Appellant, v. Maurice H. SIGLER, Warden, Nebraska Penal Complex, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

November 24, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merle Burnside, pro se.

Clarence A. H. Meyer, Atty. Gen. of Neb., and Mel Kammerlohr, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, Neb., on brief for appellee.

Before MATTHES, Chief Judge, LAY, Circuit Judge, and HUNTER, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Appeal is made from the federal district court's denial of a writ of habeas corpus by a state prisoner, 329 F.Supp. 1257. On June 17, 1969, the petitioner pleaded guilty to the crime of burglary in the state district court. He was sentenced to a term of three to ten years. On petitioner's appeal asserting inter alia that his plea was involuntary the Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed the conviction. State v. Burnside...

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