EMMETT v. BALKCOM

No. 22815.

358 F.2d 302 (1966)

Ernest Lee EMMETT, Appellant, v. R. P. BALKCOM, Jr., Warden, Georgia State Prison, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

March 25, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest Lee Emmett, pro se.

Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., Peyton S. Hawes, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Carter A. Setliff, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, RIVES and COLEMAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant is a prisoner of the State of Georgia, serving multiple sentences pursuant to guilty pleas to numerous charges of robbery. He seeks federal habeas corpus on the ground that he was not represented by counsel in the State Court, that an involuntary confession was used against him, and that he had no preliminary arraignment or hearing. The District Court, from which this appeal was taken, granted the petitioner a full evidentiary hearing, in which...

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