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MITCHELL v. HENSLEE

No. 17208.

332 F.2d 16 (1964)

Lonnie MITCHELL, Appellant, v. Lee HENSLEE, Superintendent of Arkansas State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

May 4, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher C. Mercer, Jr., Little Rock, Ark., made argument for appellant and filed brief with Delector Tiller, Little Rock, Ark.

Jack L. Lessenberry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., made argument for appellee and filed brief with Bruce Bennett, Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark.

Before JOHNSEN, Chief Judge, MATTHES, Circuit Judge, and GIBSON, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

The appeal is from an order denying an application for a writ of habeas corpus, Mitchell v. Henslee, D.C.E.D.Ark., 208 F.Supp. 533. Appellant is under a sentence of death by the courts of Arkansas for a conviction of rape. He is a Negro and was 23 years of age at the time of the offense. His claims of constitutional violation involve in part charges of racial discrimination in relation to his conviction and sentence...

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