Wendell Bennett Maxie v. Harold A. Cox, Warden, New Mexico State Penitentiary

This appeal is from the denial of ha-beas corpus relief to appellant, a prisoner in the New Mexico penitentiary serving a state sentence. The federal district court appointed counsel for appellant and conducted a hearing at which appellant testified and the warden introduced a transcript of the state proceedings. Included therein was a stenographic report of the arraignment and sentencing. On the evidence adduced the district court found that no prejudice resulted to appellant from the lack of counsel at a preliminary hearing; that the plea of guilty in the state court was entered knowingly…