DEGLER v. HUTTO

No. 76-1841.

553 F.2d 49 (1977)

John R. DEGLER, Appellant, v. Terrell Don HUTTO, Commissioner, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Degler, pro se.

William J. Clinton, Atty. Gen., and B. J. McCoy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before LAY, BRIGHT and WEBSTER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

John Ralph Degler appeals from the District Court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We affirm.

This case arose from the fatal shooting of Curtis Turner on the evening of June 11-12, 1973. Petitioner was arrested and charged with murder in the first degree, in violation of Ark.Stat.Ann. § 41-2205 (1964 Repl.). At his trial in February, 1974, the state proceeded on a felony murder theory...

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