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HUNT v. STATE OF GEORGIA

No. 29992.

445 F.2d 1228 (1971)

Robert L. HUNT (Alias Donald Adams), Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OF GEORGIA, S. Lamont Smith, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 18, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Ronald Ellington (Court Appointed), J. Ralph Beaird, (Court Appointed), Athens, Ga., for petitioner-appellant.

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

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, COLEMAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Robert L. Hunt is serving a life sentence in a Georgia prison for the offense of robbery, for which, upon conviction, he might have been sentenced to death.1 The Georgia State Courts, after a hearing, denied habeas corpus. On the basis of the state court record, the United States District Court likewise denied relief. We affirm.

The petition in the District Court alleged that although he requested it, Hunt "at no time...

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