Edgar M. Ellis v. C. J. Fitzharris, Department of Corrections of the State of California

*800HAMLEY, Circuit Judge:

In this habeas corpus proceeding Edgar M. Ellis, a California state prisoner, contends that the admission of his confession and incriminating statements (hereinafter confession) at his state jury trial deprived him of due process of law. Ellis is serving a life sentence following his 1946 conviction of murder in the first degree. The district court denied the application without hearing after examining the state court record. We reversed on a procedural ground and remanded for further proceedings. Ellis v. Fitzharris, 9 Cir., 377 F.2d 543.1 The district court again…