Pierce v. Wilson

MEMORANDUM DECISION

CHRISTENSEN, District Judge.

Petitioner is on parole from serving a felony sentence for conviction of the crime of second degree burglary and seeks habeas corpus relief under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254 (Supp.Pam.1967). The state in its answer contests petitioner’s allegation that state remedies have been exhausted.

At petitioner’s arraignment in state court, petitioner and a co-defendant who were represented by an attorney did at that time enter pleas of “not guilty”. At the time set for trial, their defense counsel indicated that both defendants desired to change their plea; both…