WOODALL v. NEIL

No. 20776.

444 F.2d 92 (1971)

Venson WOODALL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. S. NEIL, Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

June 16, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Carriger (Court appointed), Chattanooga, Tenn., for petitioner-appellant; Strang, Fletcher, Carriger, Walker & Hodge, Chattanooga, Tenn., of counsel.

Edward E. Davis, Dist. Atty. Gen., Chattanooga, Tenn., for respondent-appellee.

Before EDWARDS, CELEBREZZE and BROOKS, Circuit Judges.


EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant appeals from denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. The District Judge denied the petition without hearing, holding that the issues sought to be presented here were entirely state issues or were not violations of the federal Constitution.

As to all issues, except one, we affirm for the reasons set forth in the Memorandum Opinion of the District Judge, filed August 3, 1970, 328 F.Supp. 571

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