Milton Carl Justus v. State of New Mexico

The appellant is a prisoner in the New Mexico State Penitentiary, having been convicted in -1954. He filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus with the United States District Court. An attorney was appointed, and an evidentiary hearing was held. The appellant then took this appeal which is concerned primarily with the voluntary nature of a confession.

Appellant asserts that his initial confession, a written and signed one, was obtained through the application of physical violence by a Texas Ranger during interrogation at Canadian, Texas. This confession was not introduced at the trial, but…