In Re Martinez

Petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus on behalf of Rudolph Brown Martinez, an inmate of the California State Prison at Folsom. Martinez is held under a judgment of conviction entered on his plea of guilty of robbery and burglary (Pen. Code, §§211, 459), both of which the court found to be in the first degree. He also admitted that he was armed with a deadly weapon at the time of the *811offenses. The petition charges that his conviction was obtained in violation of his constitutional right to counsel.

It appears from the transcripts of the proceedings in the trial court that Martinez was…