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THOMPSON v. LINN

No. 78-2076 Summary Calendar.

583 F.2d 739 (1978)

Theodore Roosevelt THOMPSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Max LINN, Warden, Jefferson County Jail, Bessemer Division and William J. Baxley, Attorney General, State of Alabama, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 8, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

U. W. Clemon, Demetrius C. Newton, Henry L. Thompson, Birmingham, Ala., for petitioner-appellant.

Wm. J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., Jack M. Curtis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for respondents-appellees.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, COLEMAN and VANCE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Petitioner Theodore Thompson brings this appeal from the District Court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. In his petition, Thompson challenges his state court robbery conviction1 on grounds that an illegally obtained confession was used against him in violation of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel and his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

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