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BIDDY v. DIAMOND

No. 74-2385.

516 F.2d 118 (1975)

Carolee BIDDY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Fred DIAMOND, Sheriff, Jackson County Jail, and Jack Reed, Warden, Mississippi Penitentiary, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 8, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry L. Kelley, Jackson, Miss., F. Lee Bailey, Mark J. Kadish, Boston, Mass., John R. Poole, Jackson, Miss., for petitioner-appellant.

A. F. Summer, Atty. Gen., Timmie Hancock, Karen Gilfoy, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for respondents-appellees.

Before GOLDBERG and RONEY, Circuit Judges, and GROOMS, District Judge.

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner, Carolee Biddy, was convicted in a Mississippi state court of manslaughter of her six-year old stepdaughter. The facts of the case are recited in some detail in the opinions of the Supreme Court of Mississippi affirming the conviction and denying the petition for rehearing at Biddy v. State, 277 So.2d 115 (Miss.1973).

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