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STATEN v. STATE OF ALA.

No. 78-1205 Summary Calendar.

576 F.2d 654 (1978)

Willie STATEN, Petitioner-Appellee, v. STATE OF ALABAMA, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 14, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., James S. Ward, Edward E. Carnes, Asst. Attys. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for respondent-appellant.

Willie Staten, pro se.

Before RONEY, GEE and FAY, Circuit Judges.

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Finding that habeas corpus petitioner Willie Staten was denied effective assistance of counsel on direct appeal on the basis of his court-appointed appellate counsel's "no merit" letter in violation of Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), the district court granted a writ of habeas corpus, subject to the right of the State of...

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