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BRINKS v. STATE OF ALABAMA

No. 71-2352.

465 F.2d 446 (1972)

William G. BRINKS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OF ALABAMA and W. S. Furlow, Warden, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 26, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank B. McRight, Mobile, Ala. (Court appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., Joseph G. L. Marston, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for respondents-appellees.

Before THORNBERRY, MORGAN and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 26, 1972.

MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

William G. Brinks, an indigent state prisoner, brought this habeas petition in federal court claiming the State of Alabama violated his constitutional rights by refusing to grant him a sanity investigation prior to his trial. The district court denied the petition. We reverse and remand.

Petitioner was convicted of robbery in the Circuit Court of Mobile County, Alabama...

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