George Robert Brown v. Russell Lash, Warden, Indiana State Prison

FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a denial of habeas corpus. Petitioner George Brown was convicted in an Indiana court of first degree murder. The jury decreed the death penalty. In a state coram no-bis proceeding, petitioner claimed, among other things, that his trial counsel, Mr. Stenhouse, was ineffective, that his confession was involuntary, and that evidence of other crimes had been improperly introduced. His coram nobis petition was denied.

Petitioner filed in federal district court the application for writ of habeas corpus now under consideration. He alleged that his…