Curtis v. Hiatt

WATSON, District Judge.

The Petitioner seeking release in this case is confined in the United States Penitentiary, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, by virtue of a judgment and commitment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, dated June 20, 1940.

The Petitioner contends that, when he entered his plea in the District Court, he was not represented by counsel, did not know of his constitutional right to counsel appointed by the Court, and did not competently and intelligently waive this right. Therefore, he contends that his confinement is in violation of…