Shearer v. Patterson

William Shearer, hereinafter called the petitioner, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging that his conviction in 1949 of murder in the first degree was obtained as a result of a confession which he contends was improperly admitted into evidence. Petitioner alleged that the confession was coerced and that he was denied assistance of counsel when the confession was made. The trial court denied the application for writ of habeas corpus on its face, and the petitioner seeks to reverse that judgment here. We hold that the trial court was correct.

Petitioner raised only two issues in…