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SWEENEY v. WOODALL

No. 100.

344 U.S. 86 (1952)

SWEENEY, SHERIFF, v. WOODALL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Certiorari granted and judgment reversed, November 17, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank T. Cullitan and Gertrude M. Bauer for petitioner.

Frank C. Lyons for respondent.

Eugene Cook, Attorney General, M. H. Blackshear, Jr., Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and Lamar W. Sizemore, Assistant Attorney General, filed a brief for the State of Georgia, as amicus curiae, supporting the petition.

PER CURIAM.

The respondent is a fugitive from a prison in Alabama. The Governor of that State instituted proceedings for his return, and respondent was arrested in Ohio. Petitioner, the Sheriff of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, now holds respondent for delivery to the authorities of Alabama.

In an attempt to prevent his rendition to Alabama, respondent applied to the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga County for a writ of habeas corpus. He alleged that during his confinement...

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