Jeremiah Opie, Also Known as Jerry Opie v. Lenard F. Meacham, Warden of the Wyoming State Penitentiary

PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

On October 1, 1962 Jeremiah Opie was convicted of first degree murder in the District Court of Sweetwater County, Wyoming and sentenced to life imprisonment. The conviction was affirmed. Opie v. State, Wyo., 389 P.2d 684 (1964). This is an appeal from an order denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which it was alleged that Opie’s legal representation at the trial did not satisfy constitutional standards. 293 F. Supp. 647. The question of exhaustion of state remedies also arose in the district court proceedings.

The record discloses that on January 14, 1965…