Canada v. Jones

JOHNSEN, Circuit Judges

Appellant is an inmate of the Nebraska-State Penitentiary, under an indeterminate-sentence of 8 to 1-5 years, imposed on his plea of guilty to a charge of having embezzled $61,978.35 of public funds as county treasurer of Gosper County, Nebraska. He was counseled and represented in those-proceedings by an attorney engaged for him by the members of his family. He now contends that the proceedings were void, as being violative of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment, and seeks release through the federal courts on habeas corpus.

The District Court issued a writ,…