PUCKETT v. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA

No. 9537.

343 F.2d 452 (1965)

David Hampton PUCKETT, Appellant, v. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 5, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irvin B. Tucker, Jr., Raleigh, N. C. (court-assigned counsel), for appellant.

Andrew A. Vanore, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. of North Carolina (Thomas Wade Bruton, Atty. Gen. of North Carolina, and Theodore C. Brown, Jr., Staff Atty., Raleigh, N. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before BOREMAN and BRYAN, Circuit Judges, and HUTCHESON, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Habeas corpus was unsuccessfully sought in the District Court by David Hampton Puckett for release from imprisonment by North Carolina upon his conviction for armed robbery. He alleged in his application that he had been denied Federal constitutional due process at trial, in that: the indictment was too vague to inform him of the accusation; he was without the effective assistance of counsel; and, unable to pay for an attorney or the cost of appeal, he...

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