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- Title: Howard Smith v. Lawrence Wilson
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Release Date : January 13, 1967
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge: Smith pled guilty in California Superior Court to the crime of murder, Cal.Pen.Code 脗§ 187. The court fixed the degree as first degree, Cal.Pen.Code 脗§ 189, but sentenced him to life imprisonment rather than death, Cal.Pen.Code 脗§ 190. In his petition for , Smith urges: (1) That certain statements were obtained from him in violation of his federal constitutional rights, (2) that he did not have effective assistance of counsel, (3) that his plea was in part induced by the fact that he had given these statements, in part by the testimony of an eye witness, in part by threats of the gas chamber, and in part by his counsel, and (4) that therefore he did not make an intelligent or informed plea.