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JACKSON v. JAMES

No. 86-8680.

839 F.2d 1513 (1988)

Melvin James JACKSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Elton F. JAMES, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 17, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan S. Cole, Macon, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Mary Beth Westmoreland, Asst. Atty. Gen., Eddie Snelling, Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, JOHNSON, Circuit Judge, and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Melvin J. Jackson, a Georgia inmate, filed a pro se federal habeas petition alleging that he had been denied his constitutional right to counsel at trial. The district court denied Jackson's federal habeas petition. We find that Jackson's Sixth Amendment rights were violated.

The facts of this case are not in dispute. Jackson faced nine counts of marijuana sales. Attorney John H. Hayes was appointed

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