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WRIGHT v. EDWARDS

No. 72-2586 Summary Calendar.

470 F.2d 980 (1972)

Earlie WRIGHT, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. M. C. EDWARDS, In His Capacity As Sheriff of Lowndes County, Mississippi, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 6, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billy J. Jordan, Columbus, Miss., Thomas R. Mayfield, West Point, Miss., Jack Greenberg, Jonathan Shapiro, New York City, for petitioner-appellant.

A. F. Summer, Atty. Gen., Timmie Hancock, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for respondent-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, GOLDBERG and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 6, 1973.

PER CURIAM:

In this petition for a writ of habeas corpus the Petitioner challenges the constitutionality of his conviction under Mississippi law for the possession of marijuana. He alleges that the Mississippi statute which punishes the mere possession of marijuana, dispensing with the traditional requirement of mens rea, transcends the bounds of due process. He also suggests that the seizure...

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