Lee A. Beans v. Charles Black, Warden, Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex

HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Lee A. Beans appeals from the district court’s 1 denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. In his petition appellant argues that his competency to stand trial was not determined through full, fair and adequate proceedings, and that he was denied effective assistance of counsel. We affirm.

In 1977 Beans pleaded guilty to first degree murder for the death of his estranged wife. He received a life sentence. The Beans had been involved in a bitter divorce, and on April 29, 1976, the night of the murder, Beans and the victim, both of whom were armed, became…