JENKINS v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 73-3126. Summary Calendar.

488 F.2d 136 (1973)

Rodell JENKINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 14, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodell Jenkins, pro se.

Nelson Bailey, C. Marie Bernard, Asst. Attys. Gen., W. Palm Beach, Fla., for respondent-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge and DYER and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Jenkins appeals from the denial of federal habeas relief. The trial court held that the sole issue raised below (and the sole issue on this appeal), the sufficiency vel non of the evidence at appellant's state trial for murder as to his sanity at the time the offense was committed, did not present grounds for federal habeas relief for denial of due process. We agree.

There was competent evidence presented...

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