COKES v. CLEMMONS

Misc. No. 762.

236 F.Supp. 239 (1964)

William H. COKES v. Bryan CLEMMONS, Sheriff, Parish of East Baton Rouge, State of Louisiana.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, Baton Rouge Division.

November 24, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Ellison, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., for petitioner.

Ralph L. Roy, Asst. Dist. Atty., Baton Rouge, La., for respondent.


WEST, District Judge.

Petitioner, William H. Cokes, presently incarcerated in the East Baton Rouge Parish Jail in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, applies to this Court, pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254, for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. As grounds for his request, he contends that he has been deprived of his constitutional rights in that he was not afforded the assistance of legal counsel, and that a confession which was used against him was illegally...

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