Writ refused. No merit in the application. The 1969 sanity commission finding negates relator's present complaint of incapacity.
DIXON, J. is of the opinion the writ must be granted and a hearing ordered. Applicant has never had a hearing or a ruling on the issue now presented. The issue here is whether applicant's mental illness when he pleaded guilty precluded a free, voluntary & informed plea. The issue is not the same as that in a plea of insanity (whether...
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