James Burchett v. Harold J. Cardwell, Warden, Arizona State Penitentiary

OPINION

Before KOELSCH, DUNIWAY and KILKENNY, Circuit Judges.

KILKENNY, Circuit Judge:

•This is an appeal from the denial of appellant’s habeas corpus petition in which he charged that his pleas of guilty to: (1) assault with intent to commit rape, and (2) kidnapping and statutory rape in the state court of Arizona 1 were unconstitutionally induced by: (a) coercion of police while appellant was mentally unbalanced; and, (b) ineffective assistance of counsel, both of which combined under a totality of circumstances to render the guilty pleas involuntary.

At the outset, the appellant is faced with…