Jack R. Allen v. Hoyt C. Cupp, Warden

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Jack R. Allen, represented by retained counsel, sought a writ of habeas corpus from his Oregon State confinement on two burglary convictions. His application alleged that both convictions were based on a confession which was the product of an illegal arrest. Following the warden’s return and answer to the order to show cause, a pretrial order and stipulation were entered into admitting, as exhibits, the transcripts of petitioner’s three state court trials and the three opinions of the Supreme Court of Oregon. 1 The case was then submitted on the record.

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