Larry P. High Pine v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Warden of Montana State Prison

Appellant was convicted in Montana state court on his plea of guilty of second degree murder, entered in 1960. He appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He has exhausted his state remedies. See In re High Pine’s Petition, 1964, 143 Mont. 453, 391 P.2d 690; Petition of High Pine, 1969, 153 Mont. 464, 457 P.2d 912; Petition of High Pine, 1970, 156 Mont. 300, 478 P.2d 859. 1

In the petition before us appellant makes four claims. First, appellant argues that he did not voluntarily waive his right to counsel at his arraignment, or at a coroner’s inquest, at which he…