HAMILTON v. STATE OF FLORIDA

No. 25261.

390 F.2d 872 (1968)

Arthur Lee HAMILTON, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

March 15, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Lee Hamilton, pro se.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., Raymond L. Markey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for appellee.

Before WISDOM, BELL and DYER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant, a Florida state prisoner represented by court appointed counsel, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1962 on a plea of guilty to a charge of murder. His petition for habeas corpus was denied without an evidentiary hearing in the District Court.

His contentions were that he was held incommunicado for eleven days; that his counsel was inadequate and incompetent; that he was arrested without a warrant; and that he was not taken before...

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