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THOMASON v. SMITH

No. 71-1139 Summary Calendar.

442 F.2d 1330 (1971)

George Henry THOMASON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. S. Lamont SMITH, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 26, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George H. Thomason, pro se.

Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Merrill, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., Courtney Wilder Stanton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and INGRAHAM and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal of a denial of a writ of habeas corpus brought by a Georgia state prisoner. In June 1969 Appellant was convicted of murder on a guilty plea in Fulton County, Georgia for which he received a life sentence. He was denied habeas corpus relief in Tattnall County Superior Court in July 1970.

He then filed for habeas corpus in the Federal District Court. As they did in the state proceedings, his contentions concerned the effectiveness...

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