Rupp v. Teets

HARRIS, District Judge.

The petitioner in presenting his petition to this, the United States District Court, for a writ of habeas corpus, .contends, among other things,. that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel in that his counsel failed to prosecute his application to the Supreme Court of the United States for a writ of certiorari, after affirmance of the judgment of conviction and' the death penalty by the Supreme Court of California. Petitioner' also claims that a purported confession was obtained as the result of fear, intimidation and lack of mental capacity on the part of…