BRYANT v. ELLIOTT

No. 72-2458 Summary Calendar.

472 F.2d 572 (1973)

James BRYANT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Marion J. ELLIOTT, Warden of Atmore State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Bryant, pro se.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., Don Dickert, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for respondent-appellee.

Before GEWIN, AINSWORTH and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant Bryant seeks reversal of the district court's dismissal of his habeas corpus petition. We affirm.

In his habeas corpus petition the appellant, an Alabama state prisoner currently serving a fifteen-year sentence for second degree murder, contends that his conviction is invalid on grounds that: 1) he "did not possess an understanding of law in relation to the facts, prior to entering his plea of guilty," 2) the (state) Circuit Judge who...

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