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AKRIDGE v. HOPPER

No. 76-2433.

545 F.2d 457 (1977)

George AKRIDGE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Joe S. HOPPER, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 13, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde Hurt Feil, Atlanta, Ga. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., James L. Mackay, B. Dean Grindle, Jr., Asst. Attys. Gen., Richard L. Chambers, Deputy Atty. Gen., John C. Walden, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert S. Stubbs, II, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Daryl A. Robinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Before COLEMAN, AINSWORTH and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:

This is a federal habeas corpus effort by a Georgia state prisoner to avoid the consequences of a state court plea of guilty to a charge of incest.

The state court record shows that before Akridge's plea was accepted he was first sworn and thereafter stated that (1) he was not then under the influence of any alcohol, drugs, narcotics, or pills; (2) he understood the charges against him; (3...

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