STEPHEN v. SMITH

No. 30699.

438 F.2d 979 (1971)

Cecil STEPHEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. S. Lamont SMITH, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 16, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cecil Stephen, pro se.

Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen. of Ga., William R. Childers, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Cecil Stephen, a Georgia state prisoner, appeals the district court's denial of his petition for the writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.1

The grounds upon which the appellant bases his federal habeas attack are: (1) his arrest was illegal; (2) he was held incommunicado by the police, without benefit of counsel or access to his family, and subjected to coercion and interrogation; (3) his pleas of guilty to one count of...

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