PORTER v. ASHMORE

Civ. A. No. 69-271.

298 F.Supp. 951 (1969)

Lynn PORTER, Petitioner, v. John P. ASHMORE, Jr., Greenville County Supervisor, A. C. Thompson, Greenville County Jailer, William D. Leeke, Director of the Department of Corrections and the State of South Carolina, Respondents.

United States District Court D. South Carolina, Greenville Division.

April 16, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kale R. Alexander and David A. Fedor, Columbia, S. C., for plaintiff.

Solicitor B. O. Thomason, Jr., Greenville, S. C., for defendant.


ORDER

HEMPHILL, District Judge.

This action, in which petitioner seeks the Great Writ, originated in Greenville County, South Carolina. Porter, his wife and several children resided in a private dwelling just outside of the City of Greenville. On December 31, 1965, the petitioner was in his residence with his wife and children when officers of the State Law Enforcement Division and officers of the Greenville...

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