BURGETT v. STATE OF ALABAMA

No. 75-1374 Summary Calendar.

516 F.2d 524 (1975)

Kenneth BURGETT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OF ALABAMA, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 25, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Burgett, pro se.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., David W. Clark, Sam L. Webb, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Walter S. Turner, Chief Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for respondent-appellee.

Before COLEMAN, AINSWORTH and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Petitioner's sole contention in this habeas corpus action is that the State of Alabama denied his right to appointed counsel at the preliminary hearing stage of his trial for robbery in the state court. It is well established that the right to counsel applies to such proceedings. Coleman v. Alabama, 399 U.S. 1, 90 S.Ct. 1999, 26 L.Ed.2d 387 (1970). In the proceeding below, however, the state submitted a docket entry by the...

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