COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:
The sole issue in this appeal is whether the Constitution of the United States requires that an Alabama state prisoner who has been sentenced to the maximum term provided by state law shall be allowed full credit for the time detained in jail prior to conviction.
On a federal writ of habeas corpus, the District Court held in the negative. We affirm.
The facts may be stated as follows:
On May 11, 1971, Lillian P. Cobb...
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