Douglas W. Hall v. Louis S. Nelson, Warden, California State Prison, Tamal, California

The United States district court has denied Hall’s petition for a writ of ha-beas corpus. He appeals.

Hall pleaded guilty to a state., charge of robbing a grocery store. Under such circumstances, the grounds now possible in a federal court are limited. Doran v. Wilson, 9 Cir., 369 F.2d 505, upon which petitioner relies is quite different. In that case there was a claim that his confession was made under the heavy influence of narcotics. This, he said, induced his plea. Here Hall relies on the fact that he made a confession which was never known to the public defender who advised to plead…