Troy Wayne Townsend v. A. L. Dutton, Warden, Georgia State Prison

In 1960, in the Superior Court of Muscogee County, Georgia, Troy Wayne Townsend entered his plea of guilty to indictments charging him with automobile theft, burglary, and robbery by the use of an offensive weapon. Thereafter, he unsuccessfully pursued habeas corpus relief in the state courts, Balkcom v. Townsend, 219 Ga. 708, 709, 135 S.E.2d 399 (1964). He then brought habeas corpus in the United States District Court and after an evidentiary hearing was again denied relief. We affirm.

The contention is that Townsend was denied the assistance of counsel when he entered his pleas in the state…