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QUARLES v. STATE OF ALABAMA

No. 78-1229.

578 F.2d 1148 (1978)

Thomas QUARLES, Petitioner-Appellee, v. STATE OF ALABAMA, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 25, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., Sarah M. Greenhaw, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for respondent-appellant.

Joseph C. Sullivan, Jr. (Court Appointed), Mobile, Ala., for petitioner-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.

BY THE COURT:

Appellee Quarles was tried and convicted in an Alabama State court of assault with intent to murder. He initiated the instant habeas corpus proceedings in the district court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, alleging that he was denied his sixth amendment right to effective assistance of counsel in bringing a direct appeal and a petition for writ of error coram nobis in the state courts. The district court agreed that Quarles was denied "effective counsel...

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