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McNAMARA v. RIDDLE

Nos. 76-1870, 77-1088.

563 F.2d 125 (1977)

John P. McNAMARA, Appellant, v. Walter M. RIDDLE, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, and The Attorney General of Virginia, Appellees. John P. McNAMARA, Appellant, v. Robert F. ZAHRADNICK, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 13, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart L. Nachman, Norfolk, Va. (Steingold, Steingold and Friedman, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

John W. MacIlroy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va. (Anthony F. Troy, Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before CRAVEN, RUSSELL and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This state prisoner filed two habeas petitions seeking to set aside his guilty pleas. The two petitions were, to say the least, somewhat contradictory. In one, he would fault the state court for failing to hold a hearing on his competency to stand trial; in the other, he charges constitutional error in the refusal of the state court to permit him to discharge his court-appointed counsel and to defend himself pro se. The district court dismissed...

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