JACKSON v. HOPPER

No. 76-3231 Summary Calendar.

547 F.2d 260 (1977)

Rudolph JACKSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joe S. HOPPER, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 16, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan M. Cavan, Decatur, Ga., for petitioner-appellant.

Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., Richard L. Chambers, Deputy Atty. Gen., B. Dean Grindle, Jr., John C. Walden, Asst. Attys. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Before AINSWORTH, MORGAN and GEE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Rudolph Jackson, a Georgia state prisoner, brings this appeal from the denial of his habeas corpus petition alleging that his waiver of trial by jury in state court was not intelligently made. We affirm the denial of the petition.

In 1973 Jackson was sentenced to life in prison for murder by a judge sitting without a jury. Jackson waived his right to jury trial on advice of his retained counsel, Horton Greene. The conviction was affirmed by the...

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