Ervin G. Taylor v. Joseph S. Hopper, Warden, Georgia State Prison

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

This habeas corpus appellant, Ervin G. Taylor, was indicted in the Superior Court of Muscogee County, Georgia, for the offenses of criminal attempt-armed robbery, a felony, Ga.Code Ann., §§ 26-1001, 26-1006, and felony murder, Ga.Code Ann., § 26-1101(b). He was tried and convicted, along with a co-defendant, Michael Farley.1 Both men were sentenced to serve consecutive terms of life for felony murder and ten years for attempted armed robbery.2

*1285Taylor took no direct appeal. After-wards, acting pro se, he sought writs of habeas corpus in the state courts on the ground that…