William O. Gairson v. Hoyt C. Cupp, Warden, Oregon State Penitentiary

HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judge:

Appellant is now serving a life sentence in the Oregon State Penitentiary. He was convicted for second degree murder on July 18, 1960, following a jury trial in a state court in Oregon. Appellant did not appeal his conviction, but he did seek postconviction relief which he pursued to an unsuccessful conclusion in the Oregon courts. (Gairson v. Gladden (1967) 247 Or. 88, 425 P.2d 761.) He thereafter filed a petition for habeas corpus in the United States District Court, under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241-54. The District Court issued an order denying his habeas…