In Re Hough

The petitioner seeks his release from the custody of the warden of the State Prison at San Quentin after his pleas of guilty to two counts of murder upon which the death sentence was pronounced against him.

The ground upon which his petition for release is based is that the judgments of conviction are illegal and are violative of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, and deprive petitioner of his life without due process of law. His main complaint is that his pleas of guilty were secured and induced by improper and illegal means, which render hi's conviction void…