Frank Chase v. Ray Page, Warden of Oklahoma State Penitentiary

MURRAH, Chief Judge.

Petitioner-Chase appeals from an order of the District Court dismissing a writ of habeas corpus by which he sought release from state custody. The burden of his complaint is that he was denied his equal right of appeal from a judgment of conviction due to failure of the sentencing court to afford effective assistance of counsel for the exercise of that right.

Apparently the state prisoner wrote to the federal trial judge complaining of his state confinement. Leave was granted to proceed in forma pauperis, counsel was appointed, and a formal application for the writ was…