Robert Lee Sims v. Frank A. Eyman, Superintendent of Arizona State Penitentiary

JAMES M. CARTER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court, after hearing, denying a writ of habeas corpus sought by a state prisoner awaiting execution for the crime of murder. We affirm.

The appeal presents a series of constitutional or purported constitutional questions. They are:

1. Is there a denial of due process, equal protection, and the right not to plead guilty and demand a jury trial, where the state jury has power to assess the death penalty in a capital case with-, out hearing evidence solely in mitigation of punishment, while on a guilty plea to a state…