SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:
Roosevelt Walker, a Georgia state prisoner, appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. We are required here once again to examine the minimum standard of duty imposed upon appointed counsel in a felony case where the defendant pleads guilty. After careful review of the record, the briefs and the contentions of the parties at oral argument we reverse.
Walker was arrested in Baldwin County, Georgia...
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