United States of America Ex Rel. Louis Herbert Martin v. Edward M. Fay, as Warden of Green Haven Prison, Stormville, New York

On January 22, 1959, upon advice of counsel and in open court, appellant pleaded guilty to a charge of murder in the second degree and was sentenced to a term of thirty years in prison by the Westchester County Court of the State of New York. In this appeal, he is seeking reversal of the denial by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, without hearing, of his application for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant claims (1) that he was deprived of his right to counsel during the post-arrest interrogation, (2) that he pleaded guilty because a coerced confession had…