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KITCHENS v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

Civ. A. No. 1468.

290 F.Supp. 856 (1968)

Jimmy KITCHENS, Petitioner, v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, Mr. Thomas D. Cook, Superintendent, Mississippi State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. Mississippi, E. D.

October 3, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jimmy Kitchens, pro se.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., State of Mississippi, by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., for State of Miss., and Thomas D. Cook, Supt., Mississippi State Penitentiary.

OPINION OF THE COURT

NIXON, District Judge.

Petitioner, Jimmy Kitchens, incarcerated at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus with the United States District Court in the Northern District of Mississippi, alleging that his detention was in violation of due process under the United States Constitution. This petition was transferred to the Southern District pursuant to 28 U.S.C. sec. 2241 (d). The writ issued and petitioner...

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