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RAINES v. STATE OF ALA.

No. 76-2974.

552 F.2d 660 (1977)

Don RAINES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OF ALABAMA, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 18, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. J. Carnes, Albertville, Ala. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., Barry V. Hutner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Birmingham, Ala., for respondent-appellee.

Before WISDOM, CLARK and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

I.

This appeal from the denial of a habeas petition presents important constitutional questions concerning Alabama's Youthful Offender Act.1

The appellant, Don Raines, was convicted in the Circuit Court of Marshall County, Alabama, of having unlawfully sold a controlled substance, in this case marijuana, a felony punishable by 15 years imprisonment under Alabama law, Title 22, § 258(47) Code...

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