GRANTLING v. BALKCOM

No. 79-3906.

632 F.2d 1261 (1980)

James Henry GRANTLING, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Charles R. BALKCOM, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

December 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Al Horn, The Law Project, Atlanta, Ga. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

John W. Dunsmore, Jr., John C. Walden, Senior Asst. Attys. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Before GEWIN, RONEY and FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., Circuit Judges.


GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Grantling appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, Gainesville Division, which denied his petition for habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The appellant urges the following errors on appeal: (1) his guilty plea was involuntary; (2) he was denied the effective assistance of counsel; (3) he was denied a committal hearing and a preliminary hearing; (4) he was...

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