Jack Boyd v. S. Lamont Smith, Warden

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court denying the petition of a Georgia state prisoner for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm. 1

Appellant, without counsel, was convicted on his pleas of guilty on three counts of forging checks and one count of possession of a forged check. He was sentenced on January 11, 1964, to four consecutive terms of seven years each.

Appellant filed a petition for habeas corpus relief in the state trial court alleging (1) an illegal arrest and search without a warrant; (2) he was held incommunicado for 14 days and was not permitted to contact counsel; (3)…