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SCARBROUGH v. DUTTON

No. 24740.

393 F.2d 6 (1968)

Charlie H. SCARBROUGH, Appellant, v. A. L. DUTTON, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Georgia, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 18, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Gannam, Savannah, Ga., for appellant.

Marion O. Gordon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., Mathew Robins, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and FAHY and DYER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant is now serving a life sentence for murder in the Georgia State Penitentiary. After a full evidentiary hearing in the Federal Court on the disputed fact issues his petition for a writ of habeas corpus was denied by the District Judge. Cf. Townsend v. Sain, 1963, 372 U.S. 293, 83 S.Ct. 745, 9 L.Ed.2d 770. Appellant presents two points of error, both of which we find to be without merit, and we therefore affirm the...

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