WALKER v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 29545 Summary Calendar.

430 F.2d 936 (1970)

Goodman WALKER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 31, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George D. Gabel, Jr., and Kurz, Toole, Taylor, Moseley & Gabel, Jacksonville, Fla., for appellant.

Goodman Walker, pro se.

Earl Faircloth, Atty. Gen., State of Fla., Raymond L. Marky, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla., for appellee.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN, and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This was a habeas corpus proceeding in which the prisoner-appellant sought to set aside a Florida sentence imposed on April 15, 1937, as the result of a plea of guilty to rape. Walker contended that the plea was coerced and was entered without the benefit of counsel. After an evidentiary hearing, involving documentary evidence and credibility choices, the District Court found and held that the petitioner was not entitled to relief.

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