POWELL v. STATE OF ARKANSAS

No. FS-70-C-18, 19 and 20.

310 F.Supp. 142 (1970)

M. M. POWELL, Peter C. Mavrikis, Carl Wayne Matthews, Petitioners, v. STATE OF ARKANSAS, Respondent.

United States District Court, W. D. Arkansas, Fort Smith Division.

February 25, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Moore, Jackson, Miss., Sherman Kusin, Texarkana, Tex., for petitioners.

Joe Purcell, Atty. Gen., by Don Langston, Deputy Atty. Gen., for respondent.


OPINION

PAUL X. WILLIAMS, District Judge.

On February 16, 1970 M. M. Powell, Peter C. Mavrikis and Carl Wayne Matthews effected a removal of the above styled cases and a statutory stay of proceedings in the prosecution against each of them by filing petitions purporting to bring the proceedings within the terms of 28 U.S.C. § 1443. They were permitted to amend and include an allegation that the civil rights of each petitioner was also violated under...

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