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UNITED STATES v. DAVIS

No. 20401.

323 F.2d 663 (1963)

UNITED STATES of America ex rel. Eugene SCOTT, Jr., Appellant, v. The Honorable James H. DAVIS, Governor of the State of Lousiana, and Victor G. Walker, Warden of the Louisiana State Penitentiary, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

October 3, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Collins, Nils R. Douglas, New Orleans, La., Michael Meltsner, New York City, for appellant.

Robert S. Link, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, New Orleans, La., Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, M. E. Culligan, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, for appellees.

Before RIVES, CAMERON and HAYS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant alleged that his conviction was unconstitutionally obtained in that he was denied competent counsel; that there was a systematic exclusion of Negroes from the grand jury which returned the indictment and the petit jury which convicted him; that his confession was coerced, and that he was unable to receive a fair trial because of the racial customs of Louisiana. No hearing...

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