ROACH v. MAULDIN

No. 24793.

391 F.2d 907 (1968)

Freddie ROACH, Appellant, v. G. T. MAULDIN, Sheriff of Whitfield County, Georgia, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 30, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Avrett, Dalton, Ga., for appellant.

Mathew Robins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., Robert L. Vining, Jr., Sol. Gen., Dalton, Ga., Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., Marion O. Gordon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for appellees.

Before COLEMAN and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and DAWKINS, District Judge.


COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:

On March 2, 1967, after an evidentiary hearing, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia denied appellant a writ of habeas corpus, Roach v. Mauldin, 277 F.Supp. 54. This judgment will be affirmed.

On May 18, 1965, in the Circuit Court of Whitfield County, Georgia, Roach was convicted of a rape alleged to have been committed on September 8, 1964. He was sentenced to suffer...

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