Legal Opinion
David Busby v. William C. Holman, Warden, Kilby Prison
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 31, 1966No. 22166PublishedCited by 203 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARIS, Circuit Judge:
The appellant, David Busby, is presently serving a sentence of life imprisonment imposed upon him in 1956 in the Circuit Court of Walker County, Alabama, following his plea of guilty to a charge of rape. In 1964 he filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the District Court for the Middle District of Alabama claiming that he was incarcerated in violation of his constitutional rights in that his guilty plea was coerced by State officers and that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel. The district court held an evidentiary hearing. On the evidence adduced…
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