WORTS v. DUTTON

No. 25217.

395 F.2d 341 (1968)

Edgar C. WORTS, Appellant, v. A. L. DUTTON, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 5, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Q. Robert Henry, Brunswick, Ga., for appellant.

Mathew Robins, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before WISDOM, BELL and DYER, Circuit Judges.


GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by a state prisoner from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He is serving consecutive sentences on convictions of robbery by force. He was sentenced in 1962 after pleading not guilty and after a jury, in a single trial, returned a verdict of guilty as to both robberies. He took no state court appeal. We must consider nine alleged grounds for relief.1

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