BOLTON v. KROPP

No. 20150.

428 F.2d 1166 (1970)

James BOLTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. George A. KROPP, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

July 16, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Bolton, in pro. per., on brief.

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

Before McCREE and BROOKS, Circuit Judges, and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.


CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-appellant, James Bolton, appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Bolton was tried to the court without a jury in the Kent County Circuit Court of Michigan and convicted of the crime of second degree murder. He was sentenced to a term of twenty to thirty years in the Michigan State Prison at Jackson. The district judge held...

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