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JENKINS v. KROPP

No. 19452.

424 F.2d 665 (1970)

Sidney JENKINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. George A. KROPP, Warden, State Prison of Southern Michigan, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

April 15, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Nelson (Court Appointed), Cincinnati, Ohio, for appellant.

Lawrence M. Glazer, Lansing, Mich., Frank J. Kelley, Atty. Gen., Robert A. Derengoski, Sol. Gen., Stewart H. Freeman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lansing, Mich., on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDWARDS, McCREE and COMBS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

We consider an appeal from an order dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus which alleged unlawful detention pursuant to conviction of murder and armed robbery in the Genesee County, Michigan Circuit Court. Petitioner-appellant is serving concurrent sentences of life and 35 to 50 years.

The District Judge considered only the allegation of denial of a fair trial because of prejudicial news media publicity because he found that petitioner...

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