MILTON v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 25612.

396 F.2d 214 (1968)

George W. MILTON, Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 5, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Milton, pro se.

George R. Georgieff, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, WISDOM, Circuit Judge and BREWSTER, District Judge.


BROWN, Chief Judge:

Appellant, who is presently serving a life sentence imposed on December 12, 1958, for murder, seeks habeas relief from that conviction and sentence. The Federal District Judge, without holding an evidentiary hearing but on the basis of the State Court transcript, denied the relief sought. Appellant here contends that his conviction was constitutionally void because an oral confession as a matter of law was not voluntary and, in any event, it was...

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