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MARTIN v. PARRATT

No. 76-1490.

549 F.2d 50 (1977)

Melvin MARTIN, Appellant, v. Robert PARRATT, Warden, Nebraska Penal Complex, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 26, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fredric H. Kauffman, Lincoln, Neb., for appellant.

Bernard L. Packett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, Neb., for appellee.

Before STEPHENSON and HENLEY, Circuit Judges, and MEREDITH, District Judge.

STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.

Melvin Martin, an inmate of the Nebraska Penal Complex, appeals from the district court's1 denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

In 1972 Martin was convicted by a jury in the District Court of Adams County, Nebraska, of the offense of receiving stolen copper of a value in excess of $100 and of being an habitual criminal. He was sentenced to 17 years...

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