POWELL v. SANFORD

No. 10484.

136 F.2d 58 (1943)

POWELL v. SANFORD.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 1, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe T. Powell, in pro per.

Harvey H. Tisinger, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON and WALLER, Circuit Judges, and COX, District Judge.


WALLER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment discharging a writ of habeas corpus and remanding appellant to the custody of the warden of the Atlanta pentientiary. The question for decision is whether the judgment and sentence under which his commitment was issued was void by reason of the denial to appellant of (1) counsel for his defense, (2) trial by jury, or (3) other constitutional rights.

The facts found by the Court below are in accord with...

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