QUARLES v. BALKCOM

No. 22491.

354 F.2d 985 (1966)

Toby QUARLES, Appellant, v. R. P. BALKCOM, Jr., Warden, Georgia State Prison, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

January 11, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Walsh, Savannah, Ga., for appellant.

Peyton S. Hawes, Jr., Albert Sidney Johnson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Eugene Cook, Former Atty. Gen. of Georgia, Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen. of Georgia, Marion O. Gordon, Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before BROWN, WISDOM and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

In 1957, appellant, with appointed counsel present, entered a plea of guilty in state court to five separate indictments. Four of the indictments charged appellant with offenses purportedly committed on January 9, 1954, and the other indictment alleged an offense allegedly committed on December 17, 1953. Appellant was sentenced to serve five years for each offense charged, or a total of twenty-five years.

On August 18, 1964, appellant sought habeas...

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