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LANE v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF UNITED STATES

No. 72-1747.

492 F.2d 121 (1974)

Roy Alton LANE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. ATTORNEY GENERAL OF the UNITED STATES, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 4, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Clineburg, Jr., Atlanta, Ga. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

John W. Stokes, Jr., U. S. Atty., P. Bruce Kirwan, William P. Gaffney, Asst. U. S. Attys., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Before RIVES, THORNBERRY and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

In an opinion issued April 26, 1973, 5 Cir., 477 F.2d 847, we reversed the district court's order denying appellant's petition for writ of habeas corpus. Relying on this Court's decision in Cottle v. Wainwright, 5 Cir. 1973, 477 F.2d 269, we held that the "constitutional principle . . . of `equal protection of the laws,' mandates the appointment of counsel . . . where, as here, the authority...

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