THOMAS v. SIMPSON

No. 25260.

391 F.2d 283 (1968)

Richard J. THOMAS, Appellant, v. C. M. SIMPSON, Warden, Kilby Prison, Montgomery, Alabama, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

March 5, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Thomas pro se.

MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., John C. Tyson, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for appellee.

Before COLEMAN, AINSWORTH and DYER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant, an Alabama prisoner who is serving a twenty-five-year sentence for the offense of carnal knowledge, has filed myriad petitions for habeas corpus relief in the district courts.

In his present petition, appellant contends: (1) that he was denied the right of defense; (2) that the trial court refused to admit evidence of two suicide attempts in support of the defense of insanity; (3) that the trial court refused to permit appellant's trial...

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