WILLIAMS v. HERITAGE

No. 20328.

323 F.2d 731 (1963)

Bennie WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. David M. HERITAGE, Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

October 18, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen L. Chancey, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., Charles L. Goodson, U. S. Atty., Robert D. Feagin, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., for appellee.

Before CAMERON and WISDOM, Circuit Judges, and DeVANE, District Judge.


CAMERON, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a dismissal of a petition for habeas corpus. The court below denied relief upon its finding of lack of jurisdiction to inquire into the conviction and sentencing of appellant by a General Court-Martial, and that appellant had failed to exhaust remedies available under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Appellant was convicted on October 18, 1960 by a General Court-Martial of the crime of murder and was sentenced...

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