OPINION AND ORDER
BODY, District Judge.
In 1962, the relator, Charles Garrett, pleaded guilty to the charge of murdering a seventy-two year old woman. A three-judge state court conducted a hearing to determine the degree of the offense and the appropriate sentence. Garrett was represented by counsel, who did not object when the Commonwealth introduced into evidence Garrett's signed confession of the crime. The three-judge court found Garrett guilty of first...
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