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O'NEAL v. SMITH

No. 29398 Summary Calendar.

431 F.2d 646 (1970)

Buster O'NEAL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. S. Lamont SMITH, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 10, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Popper, Jr., Macon, Ga., for appellant; Buster O'Neal, pro se.

Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., Marion O. Gordon, William R. Childers, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before GEWIN, GOLDBERG and DYER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

O'Neal appeals from the District Court's denial of habeas corpus relief after an evidentiary hearing.1 He asserts that he was denied effective assistance of counsel in state proceedings and that he did not knowingly and voluntarily plead guilty to a charge of automobile larceny. We affirm.

During the District Court's evidentiary hearing, O'Neal testified that he spoke with counsel for no more than five minutes before...

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