EXKANO v. HIATT

No. 12519.

170 F.2d 93 (1948)

EXKANO v. HIATT.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

October 18, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Ellis Mundy, U. S. Atty., and Harvey H. Tisinger, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Atlanta, Ga., and Col. Eugene M. Caffey, (Hq. 3rd Army) JAGD, and Lt. Col. H. M. Peyton, (Hq. 3rd Army) JAGD, both of Ft. McPherson, Ga., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and McCORD and WALLER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

His petition for habeas corpus for release from imprisonment under sentence of a general court-martial having, after hearing, been denied, appellant, a military prisoner, is here seeking a reversal of the judgment.

The grounds stated in his petition for discharge were: that his defense counsel (1) was incompetent and (2) had entered into a conspiracy with the trial judge advocate. In his testimony below he added a third ground, an attack on the...

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