Peter P. MacOn v. Russell E. Lash, Warden

458 F.2d 942

Peter P. MACON, Petitioner-Appellant,

v.

Russell E. LASH, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

No. 18611.

United States Court of Appeals,

Seventh Circuit.

April 6, 1972.

Michael J. Smith, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner-appellant.

Theodore L. Sendak, Atty. Gen., Mark Peden, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, Ind., for respondent-appellee.

Before HASTINGS, Senior Circuit Judge, and STEVENS and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.1

STEVENS, Circuit Judge.

1

In his application for a writ of habeas corpus petitioner alleged that his right to appeal from his murder conviction was lost because of the "incompetence and…