WOOD v. CROUSE

No. 9771.

389 F.2d 747 (1968)

William Nay WOOD, Appellant, v. Sherman H. CROUSE, Warden, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

February 9, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duane F. Wurzer, Denver, Colo., for appellant.

Jon K. Sargent, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Robert C. Londerholm, Atty. Gen., of Kansas, was with him on the brief), for appellee.

Before BREITENSTEIN, SETH and HICKEY, Circuit Judges.


BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

The district court, without an evidentiary hearing, denied appellant Wood habeas corpus relief on the ground that he had failed to exhaust his state remedies. Wood is a prisoner in the Kansas penitentiary serving a 30-year sentence as a habitual criminal. He was convicted of seven counts covering burglary, larceny, forgery, and attempts to pass forged instruments. The state charges that he burglarized a store, stole various items including...

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