VANLEEWARD v. RUTLEDGE

No. 23320.

369 F.2d 584 (1966)

Albert VANLEEWARD, Appellant, v. Jack T. RUTLEDGE, Sheriff and Custodian of the Common Jail of Muscogee County, Georgia, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 6, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Moore, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., Albert W. Thompson, Columbus, Ga., for appellant.

Peyton S. Hawes, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., W. B. Skipworth, Jr., Sol. Gen., Columbus, Ga., Joel M. Feldman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, BROWN and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Chief Judge.

This appeal from the denial by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, Columbus Division, of appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, seeks to vacate the judgment and sentence under which he is now awaiting the execution of the sentence of death by electrocution, following a verdict of guilty of rape, without a recommendation of mercy, by a jury of Muscogee County...

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