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FAISON v. ZAHRADNICK

No. 76-2446.

563 F.2d 1135 (1977)

Dossie X. FAISON, Jr., Appellant, v. Robert F. ZAHRADNICK, Superintendent of the Virginia State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 13, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Krebs, Third Year Law Student (Michael E. Geltner, Appellate Litigation Clinic, Washington, D. C., and Aurora C. Jose, Third Year Law Student, on brief), for appellant.

Linwood T. Wells, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va. (Anthony Troy, Atty. Gen., Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, RUSSELL and WIDENER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

The petitioner, a Virginia state prisoner convicted of robbery and abduction, sought habeas relief on the grounds that (1) he was unconstitutionally denied a transcript of his preliminary hearing, and that (2) identification testimony, in violation of constitutional standards, was admitted at trial. The District Court denied relief and we affirm.

We shall consider seriatim the two claims.

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