Leander Bledsoe v. Louis S. Nelson, Warden

This is an appeal from the denial of a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus brought by a state prisoner convicted of murder (Cf. People v. Bledsoe, 252 Cal.App.2d 727 , 60 Cal.Rptr. 703 (1964)).

Each of the four grounds urged on appeal were carefully considered and ruled upon by the Honorable E. Avery Crary, United States District Court Judge (C.T. 80-89), adversely to appellant. Appellant’s alleged incriminating statements, if incriminating, and if violative of Massiah v. United States, 377 U.S. 201 , 84 S.Ct. 1199 , 12 L.Ed.2d 246 (1964), were harmless error in view of the nature and extent of the evidence of defendant's guilt presented before the jury. Chapman v. California, 386 U.S. 18 , 87 S.Ct. 824 , 17 L.Ed.2d 705 (1967); Harrington v. California, 395 U.S. 250 , 89 S.Ct. 1726 , 23 L.Ed.2d 284 (1969).

We refer to and incorporate Judge Crary’s Memorandum Opinion and Order denying relief as our own, and Affirm.