Jethro Bolton v. Louis S. Nelson, Warden, California State Prison, Tamal, California, Jethro Bolton v. Louis S. Nelson, Warden, California State Prison, Tamal, California

426 F.2d 807 Jethro BOLTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louis S. NELSON, Warden, California State Prison, Tamal, California, Respondent-Appellee. Jethro BOLTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Louis S. NELSON, Warden, California State Prison, Tamal, California, Respondent-Appellee. No. 24002. No. 25126. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. May 18, 1970. Jethro Bolton, in pro per. Thomas C. Lynch, Atty. Gen. of California, Derald E. Granberg, Horace Wheatley, Deputy Attys. Gen., San Francisco, Cal., for respondent-appellee. Before HAMLEY and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, * District Judge. EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge. 1 We have consolidated for decision these two habeas petitions by the same prisoner. 2 Petitioner was convicted by a California court of first-degree murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment. He contends here that the trial court erred in not following the procedure laid down in Jackson v. Denno, 378 U.S. 368 , 84 S.Ct. 1774 , 12 L.Ed.2d 908 (1964) for testing the voluntariness of his confession, that he was denied effective counsel on appeal, and that he was denied the right to cross-examine a key witness against him. 3 The district court dismissed…