JONES v. CUPP

No. 71-1034.

452 F.2d 1091 (1971)

Irvin Russell JONES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. H. C. CUPP, Warden, Oregon State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

December 29, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bert E. Green, San Francisco, Cal., for petitioner-appellant.

Lee Johnson, Atty. Gen. of Oregon, John W. Osburn, Sol. Gen., Jim G. Russell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, Or., for respondent-appellee.

Before CHAMBERS, DUNIWAY and TRASK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court denying petitioner's application for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner contends that the district court should have granted the writ because (1) his guilty plea to second-degree murder was induced by an allegedly coerced confession, (2) the plea was induced by a promise of leniency, and (3) the State of Oregon has arbitrarily refused to apply a 1963 reduction in the penalty for second...

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