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JONES v. HUFF

No. 8932.

152 F.2d 14 (1945)

JONES v. HUFF, General Superintendent, D. C. Penal Institutions.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided November 26, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John D. Fitzgerald (appointed by this court), of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Charles B. Murray, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Edward M. Curran, United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, WILBUR K. MILLER, and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.

PRETTYMAN, Associate Justice.

The court below denied a petition for habeas corpus without a hearing. Petitioner alleged that he was confined to the penal institution at Lorton, Virginia, after judgment of conviction and sentence by the District Court on October 18, 1943, upon a charge of forgery. Among other allegations, he says that his attorney, who was not his present attorney,1 was incompetent in his defense and that thereby his rights...

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