John C. Fulford v. S. Lamont Smith, Warden, Georgia State Prison

The sole issue in this appeal is whether the district court was in error in denying the state prisoner appellant’s request for habeas relief summarily without affording the appellant a hearing on his allegations. We affirm.

The petitioner-appellant alleged in his petition to the district court that the State of Georgia had suppressed and concealed evidence favorable to the petitioner, and that only recently the petitioner discovered this evidence which appellant contends will prove his innocence. The petition, a pro se product, was inarticulately drawn, and the district judge apparently…