Henry Cook Salisbury v. T. Ralph Grimes, Sheriff of Fulton County, Georgia

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from the denial of federal habeas corpus relief to a prisoner, of the. white race, convicted in the Georgia courts of armed robbery. We affirm.

Three separate juries have found Salisbury guilty as charged. The first conviction was reversed by the Georgia Supreme Court for an error in the trial instructions and because the prosecutor, in effect, commented on the failure of the defendant to testify, 221 Ga. 718, 146 S.E.2d 776. The second conviction was reversed for an erroneous restriction of the defendant’s proof, 222 Ga. 549, 150 S.E.2d 819. The third…