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TOWNSEND v. DUTTON

No. 24445.

377 F.2d 539 (1967)

Troy Wayne TOWNSEND, Appellant, v. A. L. DUTTON, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 24, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Spencer Connerat, Jr., Savannah, Ga., for appellant.

Carter A. Setliff, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before COLEMAN and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges, and CARSWELL, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

In 1960, in the Superior Court of Muscogee County, Georgia, Troy Wayne Townsend entered his plea of guilty to indictments charging him with automobile theft, burglary, and robbery by the use of an offensive weapon. Thereafter, he unsuccessfully pursued habeas corpus relief in the state courts, Balkcom v. Townsend, 219 Ga. 708, 709, 135 S.E.2d 399 (1964). He then brought habeas corpus in...

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