LEWIS v. MORRIS

No. C-76-94.

455 F.Supp. 12 (1977)

Jerry LEWIS, Petitioner, v. Charles MORRIS, Secretary of the State of Washington, Department of Social and Health Services, Respondent.

United States District Court, E. D. Washington.

May 2, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Ziegler, Seattle, for petitioner.

Donald C. Brockett, Pros. Atty., Spokane County, for respondent.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NEILL, Chief Judge.

Jerry Lewis, an inmate at the Washington State Penitentiary, has petitioned this Court for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a). He seeks release from confinement alleging a denial of his due process rights in the manner in which his guilty plea was taken. He has exhausted his state remedies as required by 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b).

Petitioner was shot in the head by a police officer...

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