KING v. COOK

No. GC 6828-K.

297 F.Supp. 99 (1969)

Willie Edward KING, Petitioner, v. Thomas D. COOK, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, Mississippi, Respondent.

United States District Court N. D. Mississippi, Greenville Division.

January 22, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence A. Aschenbrenner, Jackson, Miss., for petitioner.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for respondent.


OPINION OF THE COURT

KEADY, Chief Judge.

As the petitioner has exhausted his state remedies, and the respondent has filed a return to the Order to Show Cause, we must now determine whether or not to hold an evidentiary hearing, and, if so, what issues will be considered thereon. A summary of the factual background of this case, prior to King's filing a petition for writ of habeas corpus in this court, has been...

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