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GIBSON v. JACKSON

No. 78-1113.

578 F.2d 1045 (1978)

Samuel GIBSON, III, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George L. JACKSON, Individually and as Superior Court Judge of Jones County, Georgia, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 23, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank H. Childs, Jr., Macon, Ga., for Moore, Baker 7 Chapman.

Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., G. Stephen Parker, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for all other defendants.

Millard C. Farmer, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., Robert Altman, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before COLEMAN, GEE and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

Samuel Gibson, an indigent black male sentenced to death by the State of Georgia for the murder and rape of a white female, filed a state habeas corpus action alleging that his federal constitutional rights had been violated in his earlier criminal trial. A Georgia lawyer filed the petition, in which he alleged that the state court is required to appoint counsel to represent Gibson, and that the state of Georgia is required to provide...

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