Ernest G. Gantar v. Harold A. Cox, Warden of the New Mexico State Penitentiary

Appellant, presently serving an indeterminate sentence of three to fifteen years for unarmed robbery in the New Mexico State Penitentiary, appeals from a denial of his petition for a writ of ha-beas corpus.

From a reading of the record and the briefs filed here, there appears to be no dispute as to the following facts: Appellant was arrested for the crime of un armed robbery and taken before a Justice of the Peace, where he appeared without counsel. At this time he was advised by the Justice of the Peace of his right to counsel, of his right to a preliminary hearing and of his right to plead…