HOLLOWAY v. DUTTON

No. 25538.

396 F.2d 127 (1968)

A. W. HOLLOWAY, Appellant, v. A. L. DUTTON, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 10, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Googe, Jr., Savannah, Ga., for appellant.

Joel C. Williams, Jr., Dep. Asst. Atty. Gen., Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., Marion O. Gordon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and BREWSTER, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

The district court denied the appellant's petition for writ of habeas corpus without a hearing. The grounds of denial are unclear. We reverse for a hearing.

Holloway is serving a sentence of 20 years minimum to 20 years maximum time for armed robbery, said to be of a $1.50 flashlight. He alleges coercion of a plea of guilty and ineffective assistance of counsel, contending that his court-appointed counsel whom he never saw until a few minutes before...

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