CAMPOS v. BAKER

No. 121-70.

442 F.2d 331 (1971)

Luis CAMPOS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. J. E. BAKER, Warden, Respondent Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

May 13, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph D. Beaty, Albuquerque, N. M., for appellant.

Joseph F. Baca, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Albuquerque, N. M. (David Norvell, Atty. Gen., State of New Mexico, Santa Fe, N. M., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BREITENSTEIN and HILL, Circuit Judges, and LANGLEY, District Judge.


HILL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is taken from a denial of a state prisoner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Two arguments are submitted by appellant: (1) that he was denied his constitutional right to a preliminary hearing; and (2) that he was denied effective assistance of counsel.

In February, 1950, Campos and Alaniz were identified by eyewitness as the murderers of one Pete Nalda. Both were arrested and taken before a justice of the peace where...

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