United States Ex Rel. Allen v. Rundle

WOOD, District Judge.

This is a habeas corpus petition filed by a .State prisoner who is presently serving a life sentence for first degree murder. 1 The petitioner never appealed his conviction, but has pursued his habeas corpus remedies through the State Courts without success. 2

Of the various grounds advanced we consider his most serious allegation to be that his guilty plea was the product of coercion, when on the day of trial, March 23, 1959, the trial court refused to permit him to dismiss his two court appointed attorneys and compelled him to enter a plea and proceed with the trial.

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