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RAY v. ROSE

No. 75-1795.

535 F.2d 966 (1976)

James Earl RAY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. J. H. ROSE, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 10, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Hiram Lesar, Bernard Fensterwald, Jr., Washington, D. C., Robert I. Livingston, Memphis, Tenn., for petitioner-appellant.

R. A. Ashley, Atty. Gen. of Tennessee, William J. Haynes, Jr., Nashville, Tenn., for respondent-appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and CELEBREZZE and MILLER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

James Earl Ray appeals from the denial of his petition for habeas corpus following an evidentiary hearing in the district court. Two primary constitutional issues were raised at the hearing and are before us on appeal: (1) whether Ray received effective assistance of counsel in the state criminal proceeding in which he was indicted for the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and (2) whether Ray intelligently and voluntarily pleaded guilty to the charge...

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