Charles Dean Lesley v. State of Oklahoma and Ray H. Page, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary

BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of habeas corpus relief. In 1950, an Oklahoma state court sentenced the appellant to a term of 40 years on his plea of guilty of robbery with a firearm. The question is the voluntariness of that plea. State remedies have been exhausted. See Lesley v. Page, Okl.Cr.App., 430 P.2d 336. The federal district court held an evidentiary hearing, found that the appellant was advised of his rights to counsel, and concluded that there was no constitutional infirmity in the state proceedings.

At the time of the offense and sentence, appellant…