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EMMETT v. RICKETTS

Nos. C 74-831A, C 74-1112A.

397 F.Supp. 1025 (1975)

George Herman EMMETT v. Dr. James G. RICKETTS, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Center, Jackson, Georgia. James Edward CREAMER v. Joe S. HOPPER, Warden, Georgia State Prison.

United States District Court, N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

June 17, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Wayne Moulton, Decatur, Ga. (Moulton, Carriere, Cavan & Maloof, Decatur, Ga.), W. Benjamin Ballenger, Bobby Lee Cook, Summerville, Ga. (Cook & Palmour, Summerville, Ga.) for George Herman Emmett.

Hylton B. Dupree, Jr., Marietta (McDonald & Dupree, Marietta, Ga.), for James Edward Creamer.

John B. Ballard, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Georgia, Atlanta, Ga., for respondents.

ORDER

MOYE, District Judge.

These habeas corpus petitions arise out of the shocking and widely publicized slayings of two Marietta, Georgia, pathologists, Drs. Warren and Rozina Matthews, which occurred in the early morning hours of May 7, 1971. Despite what has been described as one of the most extensive investigations in the State's history, numerous aspects of the case remain shrouded in mystery The many tantalizing clues, the important leads that were...

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