ABDUL v. LANE

No. 78-1221.

588 F.2d 1178 (1978)

A. Z. ABDUL f/k/a George Steward, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Stoney R. LANE, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided December 28, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Guy, Wilson & Wilson, Mountain City, Tenn., for petitioner-appellant.

Brooks McLemore, Atty. Gen. of Tennessee, Linda Ross Butts, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., for respondent-appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and LIVELY and ENGEL, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

A. Z. Abdul, formerly known as George Stewart, an inmate at Brushy Mountain Prison in Tennessee, appeals from the denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus. The appeal was submitted on briefs without oral argument by stipulation of the parties.

Appellant, a Negro, was convicted January 27, 1969, of the offense of rape and was sentenced by the State Circuit Court for Cocke County at Newport, Tennessee, to 30 years imprisonment. Prior...

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