William Burton v. State of Alabama

This is an appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus without a hearing.

Appellant was convicted of robbery in 1935 by the Montgomery County Circuit Court. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.

The Appellant asserts the following points as error:

1) A denial of due process under the Fourteenth Amendment, claiming lack of equal protection because his confession was coerced;

2) Evidence submitted at his trial was obtained as the result of an illegal search and seizure, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment;

3) Counsel was unconstitutionally denied from the time Appellant was arrested until…