John Bullis v. Carl Hocker, Warden of the Nevada State Penitentiary

JERTBERG, Circuit Judge.

Before us is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, denying, without an evidentiary hearing, appellant’s petition for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. Following the denial of the writ, the district court issued a certificate of probable cause.

The salient facts derived from the petition for the writ may be summarized as follows:

In 1965, appellant was arrested in the State of Nevada, and charged with the offense of committing a felony in that state, to wit: burglary in the first degree. He was enlarged on bail, and…