OAKES v. HOWARD

No. 20667.

440 F.2d 1075 (1971)

Thomas Walker OAKES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James T. HOWARD, Superintendent, Kentucky State Reformatory, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

March 23, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whayne C. Priest, Jr., Bowling Green, Ky., Court Appointed, for appellant on brief.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., M. Curran Clem., Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, Ky., for appellee on brief.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and EDWARDS and PECK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The District Court Judge who heard and denied petitioner's petition for writ of habeas corpus in this case did so without an evidentiary hearing. While it is obvious that most of petitioner's allegations are of such a conclusory nature and so lacking in specificity as to warrant this disposition, at least one of petitioner's allegations is difficult to resolve without an evidentiary record.

Petitioner complains that one of the members of the jury...

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