MASON v. HALE

No. 25328.

395 F.2d 666 (1968)

James Edward MASON, Appellant, v. N. L. HALE, Warden, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 29, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Edward Mason, pro se.

MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., John C. Tyson, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and SIMPSON and CLAYTON, Circuit Judges.


SIMPSON, Circuit Judge.

The appellant is an Alabama prisoner who sought habeas corpus relief in the court below. The court denied the petition without a hearing. We reverse.

The appellant was convicted of robbery after trial by jury and received the death penalty. The Alabama Supreme Court reversed this conviction on evidentiary matters and remanded the case. Mason v. State, 1953, 259 Ala. 438, 66 So.2d 557, 42 A.L.R.2d...

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