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AINSWORTH v. REED

No. 76-1292.

542 F.2d 243 (1976)

Ernie Ree AINSWORTH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jack REED, Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, Parchman, Mississippi, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 6, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Delos H. Burks, Stewart & Burks, Picayune, Miss., Heber A. Ladner, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for petitioner-appellant.

A. F. Summer, Atty. Gen., Edwin A. Snyder, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for respondent-appellee.

Before COLEMAN, GODBOLD and HILL, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 6, 1976.

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the denial of habeas corpus to a state prisoner. Petitioner was convicted of selling a small amount of marijuana to a long-time friend who was acting as a police informant. His defense was entrapment.

Before the federal habeas court and this court he has contended that the police activity involved in connection with his offense was so outrageous...

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