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WOOTEN v. WILKINSON

No. 17537.

265 F.2d 211 (1959)

Reubin WOOTEN, Appellant, v. Fred T. WILKINSON, Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

April 1, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chester E. Wallace, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

James W. Dorsey, U. S. Atty., Ralph Ivey, Asst. U. S. Atty., Charles D. Read, Jr., Acting U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

Before RIVES, CAMERON and WISDOM, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

The sole question presented here is whether the appellant, a conditional release parole violator, has served the remainder of his sentence and should be released. The district court denied his petition for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

The appellant, Wooten, began his service of a 12 year sentence on June 24, 1941. He was conditionally released from prison on May 10, 1949 under the provisions...

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