Dixon v. Bailey

LARKINS, District Judge:

SUMMARY

This cause comes before the Court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed in forma pauperis by a State prisoner, pursuant to the provisions of Title 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254. Issues were joined upon the respondent making answer and filing motion to dismiss.

Petitioner alleges that his rights guaranteed him by the Federal Constitution were denied him in the following particulars :(1) “Physical and Mental Coercion before and during petitioners trial.” He insists that he was “threatened with beatings and the gas chamber if he did not sign a confession and tender…