LOKOS v. CAPPS

No. 77-1736.

569 F.2d 1362 (1978)

Dezso John LOKOS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Walter CAPPS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard H. Gill, Truman Hobbs, Montgomery, Ala., for petitioner-appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., David W. Clark, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for respondent-appellee.

Before COLEMAN and FAY, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from the denial of an application for a writ of habeas corpus which raised a variety of legal issues stemming from the factual question of the petitioner's sanity.

Appellant Dezso John Lokos was convicted of first degree murder in 1964. Following exhaustion of the state appellate remedies, including three hearings before the Alabama Supreme Court and one before the U.S. Supreme Court...

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