WILLIAMS v. GRISWALD

No. 83-7153.

743 F.2d 1533 (1984)

Dennis Edward WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Frank GRISWALD, Warden, and Attorney General of the State of Alabama, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 11, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis Edward Williams, pro se.

Barry Friedman c/o Davis, Polk & Warwell, Washington, D.C., for petitioner-appellant.

William A. North, Rivard Melson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for respondents-appellees.

Before HILL and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges, and WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.


ALBERT J. HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Dennis Edward Williams was convicted in the Circuit Court of Colbert County, Alabama, for the offense of murder and sentenced to thirty years imprisonment. After exhausting his state remedies, he filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. After the denial of the writ by the district court, he lodged...

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