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HAMMONDS v. NEWSOME

No. 86-8122 Non-Argument Calendar.

816 F.2d 611 (1987)

Eddie HAMMONDS, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Lanson NEWSOME, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Georgia Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 12, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephanie Kearns, Fed. Def. Prog., Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner-appellant.

Paula K. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, HILL and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Eddie Hammonds, a Georgia state prisoner, convicted of armed robbery appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254. On appeal, Hammonds argues that the lack of assistance of counsel at a Georgia preliminary hearing, in violation of his Sixth Amendment right, should result in presumed prejudice under the approach in United States v. Cronic, 466 U.S. 648

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