In Re Hawley

In June of 1966 petitioner pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He did not appeal. On May 1, 1967, he filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking reversal of the judgment on the ground of ineffective aid of counsel at the time of his plea.

Petitioner’s allegations and exhibits submitted by him, including the transcript of the grand jury proceedings, may be summarized as follows:

He is a 29-year-old American Indian. He had been drinking almost continuously froen March 7, 1966, until the date of the homicide on March 19, 1966. On that day…