ROYAL v. DUTTON

No. 25169.

392 F.2d 544 (1968)

William Carthar ROYAL, Appellant, v. A. L. DUTTON, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

March 20, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred S. Clark, Savannah, Ga., for appellant.

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

Before WISDOM, BELL and DYER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

William Carthar Royal, the petitioner in this habeas proceeding, was convicted on December 1, 1950, for the murder of his grandchild, Martha Janice Browning. On appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court, the conviction was reversed in Royals v. State, 1951, 208 Ga. 78, 65 S.E.2d 158, and a new trial granted. A second trial was held, and on November 27, 1951, appellant was again found guilty...

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