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KITCHENS v. SMITH

No. 6131.

401 U.S. 847 (1971)

91 S.Ct. 1089

28 L.Ed.2d 519

KITCHENS v. SMITH, WARDEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 5, 1971

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner pleaded guilty to robbery in a Georgia state court in 1944. He was not represented by counsel at any time. While serving his sentence, petitioner escaped and did not return to Georgia until 1969, when he was returned to finish the remainder of his sentence. He then brought this habeas corpus action in county court, alleging that his conviction was void under Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963...

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