STEVENSON v. McDONALD

No. 14116.

199 F.2d 939 (1952)

STEVENSON v. McDONALD.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

November 22, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. O. Stevenson, in pro. per.

Warren G. Moore, U. S. Atty., Tyler, Tex., Burton K. Philips, Lt. Col. JAGC, Headquarters, 5th Army, Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and BORAH and RIVES, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Alleging that he was being unlawfully detained as a prisoner in the United States Correctional Institution, at Texarkana, under a sentence imposed upon him by a general court martial, appellant filed in the court below a habeas corpus petition against the warden seeking release from custody.

While the petitioner made general attacks upon the constitution and proceedings of the court, including an attack upon the severity of the sentence, his principal...

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