PATTERSON v. STYNCHCOMBE

No. 30941 Summary Calendar.

440 F.2d 787 (1971)

Oscar Lee PATTERSON, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Leroy STYNCHCOMBE, Sheriff of Fulton County, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 25, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn Zell, Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner-appellant.

Lewis R. Slaton, Dist. Atty., Atlanta Judicial Circuit, Tony H. Hight, Carter Goode, Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee.

Before BELL, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from the District Court's denial, without a hearing, of a writ of habeas corpus to a prisoner of the State of Georgia. We affirm.

Oscar Lee Patterson, Jr. was convicted upon trial by a jury on four counts of possession of forged checks, and received consecutive sentences totaling thirteen years. On appeal, he contended that the principal physical evidence in the case, the forged checks themselves, should have been suppressed on...

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