BELL v. CLARK

No. 14421.

437 F.2d 200 (1971)

Ralph L. BELL, Appellant, v. John J. CLARK, Warden, Federal Reformatory, Petersburg, Virginia, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 5, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Allen, Richmond, Va. (Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, Richmond, Va., on the brief), for appellant.

Roger T. Williams, Asst. U. S. Atty., and Captain John T. Lenga, Dept. of the Army (Brian P. Gettings, U. S. Atty., and David G. Lowe, Asst. U. S. Atty., and Lt. Col. Arnold I. Melnick, Dept. of the Army, on the brief) for appellee.

Before BRYAN and WINTER, Circuit Judges, and MARTIN, Chief District Judge.


ALBERT V. BRYAN, Circuit Judge:

This habeas corpus cause is pressed by Ralph L. Bell under the circumstances described by the District Court as follows:

"Bell is presently confined to the Federal Reformatory, Petersburg, Virginia, as a consequence of a conviction by a general court martial for the crime of rape, as set forth in Article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 920. "The Court finds that on September 16, 1965...

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