LORA CLARK, PETITIONER-APPELLANT,
v.
J. S. HOPPER, WARDEN, GEORGIA STATE PRISON, RESPONDENT-APPELLEE
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The court held that the district court did not err in denying federal habeas relief, finding the state proceedings were adequate and the guilty pleas valid.
A Georgia state prisoner appealed the denial of federal habeas corpus relief concerning his 1968 guilty pleas to armed robbery. State habeas relief ha…
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PER CURIAM:
This appeal is by a Georgia state prisoner from the denial of federal habeas relief directed against his 1968 pleas of guilty to three counts of armed robbery on which he received concurrent sentences. State habeas relief had theretofore been denied. Clark v. Caldwell, 229 Ga. 612, 193 S.E. 2d 816 (1972).
There was a full evidentiary hearing in the state habeas court and the district court concluded that the state records were such as not to require a further hearing. Although not expressed in specifics in its order, we perceive that the district court made its own conclusions of law, based on the state records, that appellant had been afforded a full and fair hearing in the state habeas court, that the state court factual findings were amply supported, and that the pleas of guilty were knowingly and voluntarily entered, and that appellant was not denied his right to effective counsel.
The procedure followed by the district court complied with Townsend v. Sain, 1963, 372 U.S. 293, 312-314, 83 S.Ct. 745, 9 L.Ed.2d 770, and 28 U.S.C.A. § 2254(d). See also Allen v. Stynchcombe, 5 Cir., 1970, 421 F. 2d 1399. We find no error in the procedure followed or in the ruling on the merits of the asserted claims.
Affirmed.
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