COLLINS v. GREEN

No. 74-1367.

505 F.2d 22 (1974)

Earl COLLINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Calvin E. GREEN, Warden, Chatham County Correctional Institute, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 9, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Ruffin, Jr., James E. C. Perry, Augusta, Ga., for petitioner-appellant.

Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., David J. Bailey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Before GODBOLD and MORGAN, Circuit Judges, and BOOTLE, District Judge.


BOOTLE, District Judge:

Earl Collins, along with Edward Kinsey and John Paschael, was indicted for armed robbery committed on July 13, 1971. After initially pleading not guilty on October 6, 1971, Collins changed his plea to guilty on October 18, 1971; on the same day he was sentenced to life imprisonment.

In February 1973, Collins filed a petition for habeas corpus in state court alleging that he "was partially interviewed by one attorney and on the day of...

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