BURTON v. STATE OF ALABAMA

No. 25564.

396 F.2d 755 (1968)

William BURTON, Appellant, v. STATE OF ALABAMA, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 25, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald M. Briskman, Mobile, Ala., for appellant.

Marlin Mooneyham, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, DYER, Circuit Judge, and GARZA, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus without a hearing.

Appellant was convicted of robbery in 1935 by the Montgomery County Circuit Court. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.

The Appellant asserts the following points as error:

1) A denial of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment, claiming lack of equal protection because his confession was coerced;

2) Evidence submitted at his trial was obtained...

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