Walleck v. Hudspeth

HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

By application for writ of habeas corpus, petitioner, Victor S. Walleck, sought release from the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, where he is confined under sentence and commitment from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The ground for the application for the writ was that he was denied the right to the effective assistance of counsel and to adequately present his defense. Petitioner has appealed from the decision of the trial court denying his application for the writ.

At the outset we are confronted with a…