Is there any evidence that a promise of leniency was made to appellant during the course of her sentence?
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The following excerpt is from Norris v. Wilson, 378 F.2d 324 (9th Cir. 1967):
The allegations regarding a promise of leniency may be unduly cryptic,7 but those describing the circumstances of appellant's confession are reasonably clear and in considerable detail.8 They are at least as adequate, in these respects, as the
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assertedly "conclusionary" averments which this court sustained in Pembrook v. Wilson, supra, 370 F.2d 37, 39 (9th Cir. 1966).[378 F.2d 330]
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