WOOD v. SUPERINTENDENT, CAROLINA CORRECTIONAL UNIT

No. 72-2513.

504 F.2d 1068 (1974)

Don F. WOOD, Appellant, v. SUPERINTENDENT, CAROLINA CORRECTIONAL UNIT, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 3, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sy DuBow, Richmond, Va. [Court-appointed counsel] for appellant.

William A. Carter, III, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Va. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen. of Virginia, on brief), for appellee.

Before BOREMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and CRAVEN and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

In this habeas corpus petition, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, petitioner Wood alleges that his July 14, 1970 state court trial for petit larceny and his September 14, 1970 trial in the same court for credit card fraud were tainted by prejudicial pre-trial publicity, and that he was furnished ineffective assistance of counsel in both of these trials. We find no merit to Wood's allegations and affirm dismissal of the petition.

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