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OPIE v. MEACHAM

No. 335-69.

419 F.2d 465 (1969)

Jeremiah OPIE, also known as Jerry Opie, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Lenard F. MEACHAM, Warden of the Wyoming State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

December 18, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Alch, Boston, Mass. (F. Lee Bailey, Boston, Mass., and Byron Hirst, Cheyenne, Wyo., on the brief), for appellant.

Lynn R. Garrett, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Wyoming, Cheyenne, Wyo. (James E. Barrett, Atty. Gen., State of Wyoming, on the brief), for appellee.

Before PICKETT, BREITENSTEIN and SETH, Circuit Judges.

PICKETT, Circuit Judge.

On October 1, 1962 Jeremiah Opie was convicted of first degree murder in the District Court of Sweetwater County, Wyoming and sentenced to life imprisonment. The conviction was affirmed. Opie v. State, Wyo., 389 P.2d 684 (1964). This is an appeal from an order denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which it was alleged that Opie's legal representation at the trial did not satisfy constitutional standards...

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