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MINNIEFIELD v. STATE OF ALA.

No. 76-1599.

542 F.2d 947 (1976)

LaSalle MINNIEFIELD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OF ALABAMA, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 22, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larkin Radney, Alexander City, Ala. (court appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., Joseph G. L. Marston, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for respondent-appellee.

Before RIVES, GEWIN and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for the writ of habeas corpus by a state prisoner who was convicted of rape in 1970 and sentenced to a term of 99 years. The substantive evidence as to the guilt of the defendant is not in issue. He now claims that his judgment of conviction should be set aside because he was not competent to stand trial. In particular, appellant claims that the court erred in failing to order a psychiatric examination with...

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