GULLAGE v. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

No. 72-1445.

480 F.2d 1219 (1973)

James R. GULLAGE, Appellant, v. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, William D. Leeke, Director, S. C. Department of Corrections, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Prof. William T. Toal, Greenville, S. C., (Court-appointed) for appellant.

Robert M. Ariail, Asst. Atty. Gen. of S. C., (Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen. of S. C., Emmet H. Clair, Asst. Atty. Gen. of S. C., on brief) for appellees.

Before WINTER, RUSSELL and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

In this appeal from denial of a writ of habeas corpus, petitioner contends that illegally seized evidence, obtained as a result of a warrantless search, was used to convict him and to induce his confession admitted against him at trial. He also contends that his confession was otherwise unlawfully coerced.

We see no merit in the claim of coercion in the manner in which the confession was obtained. The principal ground for asserting the invalidity...

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