Raymond W. Curry v. John C. Burke, Warden, Wisconsin State Prison

SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, Raymond W. Curry, who is serving a sentence in the Wisconsin State Prison, appeals from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He contends that the district court erred in overruling his claim that in the state court proceeding leading to his sentence he was denied his sixth amendment right to counsel because his court-appointed lawyer represented conflicting interests and was thereby ineffective in his representation of the petitioner.

Prior to his filing of the instant petition in the district court,…